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1. budgerow, n. View full entry 1727
...‘A lumbering keelless barge, formerly much used by Europeans travelling on the Ganges’ (Col. Yule)....
2. ˈbuggalow, n. View full entry 1842
...‘A name commonly given on the W. coast of India to Arab vessels of the old native form’ (Yule)....
3. bunder, n. View full entry 1698
...A landing-place; a quay or pier; a port....
4. cassab, n. View full entry ?1881
...A seaman of Asian origin employed in the merchant service....
5. catamaran, n. View full entry 1697
...A kind of raft or float, consisting of two, three or more logs tied together side by side, the middle one being longer than the others; used in the East Indies, especially...
6. chop, n.5 View full entry 1614
...In India, China. A seal or the impression of a seal; an official impress or stamp....
7. ˈclashy | ˈclashee, n. View full entry 1785
...A tent-pitcher; a surveyor's chain-man; a native sailor (Yule)....
8. coolie, n. View full entry 1622
...In India and (later also) China: a hired labourer (esp. one employed by a European); a porter (now esp. in a railway station). Hence also: an Asian labourer working abroad (now chiefly...
9. dandy | dandi, n.3 View full entry 1685
...A boatman of the Ganges....
10. dhoney | doney, n. View full entry 1582
...A small native sailing vessel of Southern India....
11. dinghy, n. View full entry 1810
...Originally, a native rowing-boat in use upon Indian rivers; of various sizes and shapes, resembling sometimes a canoe, sometimes a wherry. In the West of India applied to a small sailing-boat used...
12. doonga, n. View full entry 1905
...A flat-bottomed dug-out with a square sail....
13. jangar, n. View full entry 1800
...A raft; = jangadab....
14. Juggernaut | Jagannāth, n. View full entry 1638
...Hindu Mythol. A title of Kṛishṇa, the eighth avatar of Vishṇu; spec., the uncouth idol of this deity at Pūrī in Orissa, annually dragged in procession on an enormous...
15. khalasi, n. View full entry 1783
...A native servant or labourer, esp. one employed as a seaman. Also attrib. in khalasi watch...
16. lascar, n. View full entry 1625
...(Freq. with capital initial.) An East Indian sailor....
17. lascaree, n. View full entry 1712
...= lascar1. Obs....
18. † manjee, n. View full entry 1683
...A captain or steersman of a boat....
19. mashwa, n. View full entry 1704
...A kind of open boat used along the coasts of East Africa, Arabia, and India for fishing and trade, and as a ship's boat: see quot. 1948....
20. Mogul, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1577
...The form Mughal is now often preferred in this sense....
