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1. batta, n.1 View full entry 1680
...orig. Subsistence money (given to soldiers in the field, witnesses, prisoners, etc.). Hence, extra pay given to East Indian regiments when on a campaign, and spec. An extra allowance,...
2. batta, n.2 View full entry 1680
...In Indian Banking, agio or difference in exchange; discount on coins not current, or of short weight. (Col. Yule.)...
3. black water, n. View full entry 1676
...A river or stream with water stained brown or black by peat or other plant material; (in later use) spec. one flowing through a tropical forest growing on a nutrient-poor...
4. brinjal | brinjaul, n. View full entry 1611
...The Anglo-Indian name of the fruit of the Egg-plant (Solanum melongena)....
5. bunder, n. View full entry 1698
...A landing-place; a quay or pier; a port....
6. 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...
7. cadjan, n. View full entry 1698
...‘Coco-palm leaves matted, the common substitute for thatch in Southern India’ (Col. Yule)....
8. canaut, n. View full entry 1625
...‘The side-wall of a tent; a canvas enclosure’ (Yule)....
9. 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)....
10. chitty, n. View full entry 1698
...‘A letter or note; also, a certificate given to a servant, or the like; a pass’ (Yule)....
11. chobdar, n. View full entry 1687
...In India, an usher or beadle attending on persons of consequence, who bears as his ensign of office a staff overlaid with silver; he is ‘still a part of the state of...
12. chokidar | chowkidar, n. View full entry 1696
...A watchman, in India....
13. choky, n. View full entry 1608
...A custom or toll station, in India (in quot. 1608 erroneously applied to the toll itself); a station for palankin-bearers, horses, etc., a guard-house; a police-station....
14. chop, n.5 View full entry 1614
...In India, China. A seal or the impression of a seal; an official impress or stamp....
15. 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)....
16. compound, n.2 View full entry 1679
...The enclosure within which a (European) residence or factory stands, in India, China, and other Eastern countries....
17. conicopoly, n. View full entry 1680
...In southern India: an Indian clerk or writer....
18. conjee | congee, n. View full entry 1698
...The water in which rice has been boiled; used as an article of diet for invalids, and as starch....
19. coolie, n. View full entry 1622
...In India and (later also) China: a hired labourer (esp. one employed by a European); a porter (now esp. in a railway station). Hence also: an Asian labourer working abroad (now chiefly...
20. coss | cos, n.2 View full entry 1616
...A measure of length in India, varying in different parts from 2½ miles or more down to about 1¼....
