Browse dictionary
Showing 1-20 of 23 results in 23 entries
1. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
2. 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...
3. † batty, n.1 View full entry 1598
...= paddy...
4. burgher, n. View full entry ?1555
...An inhabitant of a burgh, borough, or corporate town; a citizen. Chiefly used of continental towns, but also of English boroughs, in a sense less technical than burgess. Now somewhat...
5. cess, n.1 View full entry 1531
...An assessment, tax, or levy: in various spec. applications....
6. coˈllectorship, n. View full entry 1553
...The office of a collector....
7. godown, n.1 View full entry 1588
...A warehouse or store for goods, in India and other parts of Eastern Asia....
8. jambo | jambu, n. View full entry 1598
...A name given in different parts of the East Indies and Malay Archipelago to several species of Syzygium (family Myrtaceæ), and their fruits; esp.:...
9. kotwal, n. View full entry 1582
...A chief officer of police for a city or town in India; a native town magistrate....
10. † lascaˈrine, n. View full entry 1598
...An East Indian soldier; also, one of the native police....
11. † mangelin, n. View full entry 1555
...In southern India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon): a weight used for precious stones, varying regionally and usually between 4 and 5 grains (1 and 1.25 carats)....
12. midnoon, n. and adj. View full entry 1580
...Midday; noon. In later use also: the middle of the day....
13. milch, v. View full entry 1570
...trans. To milk (an animal). Also in fig. context. Now chiefly Indian English....
14. 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...
15. peacock, v. View full entry a1586
...trans. To make conceited or vain; to puff up with vanity; to dress up in finery. Chiefly refl.: to strut about or pose in order...
16. rix-dollar, n. View full entry 1589
...A silver coin and unit of account, current from the late 16th to the mid 19th centuries in various European countries, esp. the Netherlands, the Holy Roman Empire (and subsequently the Austrian...
17. sheikh, n. View full entry 1577
...The chief of an Arab family or tribe; the headman of an Arabian village; an Arab chief; †an Eastern governor, prince, king. Now also used among Arabs as a general title of...
18. sura, n.1 View full entry 1598
...The fermented sap of various species of palm, as the wild date, the coco-nut, and the palmyra; = toddy1. Also attrib., as sura-house, sura-tree...
19. tanga, n.1 View full entry 1598
...A name (originally of a weight) given in India, Iran (formerly Persia), and Turkestan to various coins (or moneys of account), the value of which varied greatly at different times and places;...
20. ticket, n.1 View full entry 1528
...A short written notice or document; a memorandum, a note, a billet. in ticket, in writing (Sc.). Obs. exc. as in 1b1c....
