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1. amok, n. and adv. View full entry 1663
...A name for: a frenzied Malay. (Found first in Portuguese form amouco, amuco.)...
2. babirusa, n. View full entry 1673
...A long-legged wild pig, Babyrousa babyrussa, endemic to Sulawesi and neighbouring islands, the male of which has upper canine teeth that grow upwards through the snout as horn-like curving tusks....
3. balachong, n. View full entry 1699
...A condiment for rice, much used in China, consisting of putrid shrimps or small fishes pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried....
4. ˈbankshall, n. View full entry 1688
...A warehouse....
5. † ˈBuggess, n. View full entry 1699
...A name formerly used in the Indian Archipelago for a native soldier in European service....
6. cadjan, n. View full entry 1698
...‘Coco-palm leaves matted, the common substitute for thatch in Southern India’ (Col. Yule)....
7. Cajan, n. View full entry 1693
...A genus of plants, Cajanus (family Leguminosæ), and esp. the species C. Indicus, a shrub native to the East Indies, but now naturalized in Africa, tropical...
8. candareen, n. View full entry 1615
...A Chinese weight and money of account, equal to 10 cash or 1100 of a tael. As a weight of gold or silver estimated at about 6 grains Troy....
9. cassowary, n. View full entry 1611
...A genus of large cursorial birds, related to the Ostrich, inhabiting the islands in the Indian Archipelago as far as New Guinea. They stand about five feet high; the wings are of...
10. cockatoo, n. View full entry 1634
...The name of numerous beautiful birds of the parrot kind, esp. the genus Cacatua, inhabiting Australia and the East Indian Islands, distinguished by a crest or tuft of...
11. corocoro, n. View full entry 1606
...A boat used in the Malay Archipelago, = caracore...
12. dammar, n. View full entry 1698
...The name of various resins obtained from different trees growing in the East Indies, New Guinea, and New Zealand; esp. the cat's-eye resin (East India dammar) from ...
13. Datuk, n. View full entry 1625
...In Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines: a landowner or chief. Also as a title of respect....
14. gong, n.2 View full entry c1600
...A metallic disk with upturned rim (usually made of an alloy composed of four parts copper to one of tin) which produces resonant musical notes when suspended and struck with a soft...
15. Kling, n. View full entry 1606
...A disparaging term applied to Indian settlers in Malaysia....
16. laksamana, n. View full entry 1615
...The title formerly given to a high dignitary or admiral in Malaya....
17. lory, n. View full entry 1692
...A name applied to a number of parrot-like birds of brilliant plumage, chiefly bristle-tongued and belonging to the family Loriinæ, found in South-eastern Asia, the Asiatic Archipelago, and Australia. Cf....
18. mudim, n. View full entry 1625
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a junior Muslim official, spec. one who (in traditional communities) performs circumcisions....
19. orangutan, n. View full entry 1699
...A large, mainly arboreal ape, Pongo pygmaeus, native to forests of Borneo and Sumatra and formerly of Java and the mainland of South-East Asia, having long reddish hair, long arms,...
20. paddy, n.1 View full entry 1623
...Now freq. in form padi. Rough or unhusked rice (Oryza sativa), either as a growing crop or when harvested but not yet threshed....
