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1. 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....
2. 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...
3. box, n.2 View full entry a1000
...A case or receptacle usually having a lid....
4. brinjarry, n. View full entry 1793
...A travelling grain and salt merchant of the Deccan....
5. 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...
6. cadjan, n. View full entry 1698
...‘Coco-palm leaves matted, the common substitute for thatch in Southern India’ (Col. Yule)....
7. 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)....
8. chimney, n. View full entry a1330
...A fireplace or hearth. Obs. exc. dial....
9. chopper, n.4 View full entry 1780
...A thatched roof. Also attrib....
10. 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)....
11. compound, n.2 View full entry 1679
...The enclosure within which a (European) residence or factory stands, in India, China, and other Eastern countries....
12. country, n. View full entry c1275
...A tract or expanse of land of undefined extent; a region, district....
13. court, n.1 View full entry 1154
...A clear space enclosed by walls or surrounded by buildings; a yard, a court-yard; e.g. that surrounding a castle, or that left for the sake of light, etc. in the...
14. 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....
15. grass, n.1 View full entry c725
...Herbage in general, the blades or leaves and stalks of which are eaten by horses, cattle, sheep, etc. Also, in a narrower sense, restricted to the smaller non-cereal Gramineæ (see...
16. guard, n. View full entry 1412
...Keeping, guardianship, custody, ward. to take guard: to take care. Obs....
17. 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. ...
18. 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...
19. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
20. monkey, n. View full entry 1530
...Any of numerous small- to medium-sized primates belonging to the one of the three families Callitrichidae, Cebidae, and Cercopithecidae, most kinds of which have long tails...
