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1. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
2. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
3. banian, n. View full entry a1597
...A Hindu trader, especially one from the province of Gujarat (‘many of which have for ages been settled in Arabian ports, and known by this name’ —Col. Yule); sometimes applied by early...
4. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
5. box, n.2 View full entry a1000
...A case or receptacle usually having a lid....
6. budgerow, n. View full entry 1727
...‘A lumbering keelless barge, formerly much used by Europeans travelling on the Ganges’ (Col. Yule)....
7. 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)....
8. bunder, n. View full entry 1698
...A landing-place; a quay or pier; a port....
9. cabin, n. View full entry 1362
...A temporary shelter of slight materials; a tent, booth, temporary hut. Obs....
10. chimney, n. View full entry a1330
...A fireplace or hearth. Obs. exc. dial....
11. chop, n.5 View full entry 1614
...In India, China. A seal or the impression of a seal; an official impress or stamp....
12. ˈclashy | ˈclashee, n. View full entry 1785
...A tent-pitcher; a surveyor's chain-man; a native sailor (Yule)....
13. collector, n. View full entry c1380
...One who collects or gathers together; spec. one who gathers separate literary compositions, etc., into one book, a compiler (now rare or obs.), one who collects...
14. 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...
15. cot, n.4 View full entry 1634
...Anglo-Indian. A light bedstead; a charpoy....
16. country, n. View full entry c1275
...A tract or expanse of land of undefined extent; a region, district....
17. dandy | dandi, n.3 View full entry 1685
...A boatman of the Ganges....
18. doonga, n. View full entry 1905
...A flat-bottomed dug-out with a square sail....
19. English, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry eOE
...Of or belonging to England (or Britain) or its inhabitants....
20. grab, n.1 View full entry 1680
...A large coasting-vessel, drawing very little water, built with a prow and usually two-masted, used in the East (see quots. 17631839)....
