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1. basha, n. View full entry 1921
...A hut made of bamboo with a thatched roof....
2. bidri | bidree | bidry, n. View full entry 1794
...An alloy of copper, lead, tin, and zinc, used as a ground for inlaying with gold and silver, in the manufacture of bidri-ware or biddery-ware....
3. brinjarry, n. View full entry 1793
...A travelling grain and salt merchant of the Deccan....
4. bungalow, n. View full entry 1676
...Orig., a one-storied house (or temporary building, e.g. a summer-house), lightly built, usually with a thatched roof. In modern use, any one-storied house. Also attrib. and Comb.dāk bungalow...
5. chick | cheek, n.2 View full entry 1698
...‘A kind of screen-blind made of finely-split bamboo, laced with twine, and often painted on the outer side; hung or framed in doorways or windows’ (Yule)....
6. chopper, n.4 View full entry 1780
...A thatched roof. Also attrib....
7. choultry, n. View full entry 1698
...A place for the reception and accommodation of travellers; an inn, caravanserai; also used for the transaction of public business (Yule)....
8. chunam, n. View full entry 1687
...Cement or plaster largely used in India, made of shell-lime and sea-sand....
9. cutcha, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1834
...Imperfect, slight, temporary, makeshift (opp. to pucka, solid, substantial, permanent, etc.). As = Sun-dried brick, dried mud, as a material....
10. fulwa, n. View full entry 1835
...(See quots.) Also fulwa-butter....
11. gingili, n. View full entry 1704
...An East Indian plant (Sesamum indicum or orientale) the seeds of which yield a bland oil. Also the oil itself. Also attrib....
12. illupi, n. View full entry 1832
...An evergreen tree, Bassia longifolia (familt Sapotaceæ), a native of Southern India. illupi oil, a fixed solid oil obtained from the seeds of this tree. ...
13. jali, n. View full entry 1882
...Intricate ornamental latticework in wood, metal, stone, etc.; a screen, door, or other architectural feature made from this. Freq. attrib., as jali panel, jali screen, ...
14. kurung | kurunj, n. View full entry 1866
...A tree, Pongamia glabra, family Leguminosæ, widely diffused from India to China and N. Australia; its seeds yield Kurung oil, much used in India for illuminating...
15. muduga oil, n. View full entry 1866
...A clear oil obtained from the seeds of the Indian tree Butea monosperma (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)), used as a vermifuge....
16. neem, n. View full entry a1819
...More fully neem tree. A tree, Azadirachta indica (family Meliaceae), widely found in South Asia, where it is valued for its leaves and bitter bark which...
17. palmarosa, n. View full entry 1870
...A form or variety of the fragrant South-East Asian grass Cymbopogon martinii, which yields a characteristic essential oil (see sense 2). Also more fully palmarosa grass....
18. poonac, n. View full entry 1843
...Chiefly in Sri Lanka: an oilcake made from coconut pulp or various kinds of seed, mainly used as animal fodder....
19. poonga oil, n. View full entry 1866
...A dark yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tree Pongamia pinnata (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)) and used in India as a treatment for certain skin...
20. pukka, adj. and n. View full entry 1619
...Esp. in South Asian contexts: (of a weight or measure) full, good; the largest possible; (in extended use) complete, in full measure. Now rare....
