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1. bobachee, n. View full entry 1810
...A male cook....
2. bund, n.1 View full entry 1813
...In India: ‘Any artificial embankment, a dam, dyke, or causeway.’ In the Anglo-Chinese ports, ‘applied specially to the embanked quay along the shore’. (Col. Yule.)...
3. chupatti, n. View full entry 1810
...A small cake of unleavened bread, generally made of coarse wheaten meal, flattened with the hand, and baked on a griddle. ‘The usual form of native bread and the staple food of...
4. gharry, n. View full entry 1810
...(See quots.)...
5. hilsa | hilsah, n. View full entry 1810
...‘A rich and savoury fish of the shad kind (Clupea ilisha)’ found in the Indian Seas, which ascends the Ganges and other rivers to spawn. (Yule.)...
6. khus-khus, n. View full entry 1810
...The sweet-scented root of an Indian grass, largely used in the manufacture of mats or screens (‘tatties’), which are wetted to cool the air passing through them. Also attrib....
