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August, 1904.)
SOME ANGLO-INDIAN TERMS.
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MOORS. FOL. 35. Metchlipatam, Soo called from y! Hindostan oro Moors Languadge word Metchli signifieinge fish and patam or Patanam a towne.
See Yule, 8.0. Moors, the Hindustani Language. [The above quotation is a century earlier than any of Yule's.]
MOSQUE. Fol. 8. the Mosquees or Tombs of y! Mahometans. Fol. 45. They Congregate y people to their Mosqueos 4 times a day by Voice of man. Fol. 51. y Mosquees and Tombs of y! deceased Kings and Queens, Fol. 174. all that piece of land whereon Standeth the Pallace y! great Mosquee.
See Yule, 8. o. Mosque=Masjid. [N. and E. p. 14, for 28th March 1680,-"was a Mussleman and built a Musseet in the Towne to be buried in." With reference to this quotation it is interesting to note that it relates to the death of the great Broker “Cassa Verona" (Kast Viruņņa] and the dispute among the Natives as to whether he was a Hindu or a Musalman: a dispute that has arisen over other well-known personages, e.g., Kabir, the reformer.]
ΝτόOA. Fol. 27. fishermen or yo like, those are called Moquaes.
See Yule, 8. o. Mucoa, a fisherman on the Malabar and Coromandel Coasts. [N. and E. often refers to them. P. 3 for 9th Feb. 1680 : « The 7 Muokwars or Mussulamen ( whereof one since dead) that have been imprisoned ever since July last about a man then drowned were now discharged of their imprisonment." P. 37 for 27th Oct. 1680 : "the Muokwas, Cattamaran-men and Cooleys bad left the Town privately upon a combination." P.89 for 26th Nov. 1680 : "25 Much was captured by the peons at St Thoma." P. 40 for 7th Deo. 1680: "The Chief men of the Muokwaos being captured and committed to prison, all the rest came in and submitted themselves." The “Mussulamen" above means Mussoola-boatmen.]
MULMUL. Fol. 158. ffrom Bengala . ... Mulmuls, See Yule, 8. v. Mulmull, muslin.
MULTAN Fol. 62. to the Eldest Dara he gave Cabal and Multan. Not in Yule.
MUSK. Fol. 61. This Kingdome (Bengala] most plentifully doth abound with ... Muske in Codd and out of it.
Fol. 101. with a Considerable investment of each Nation in Codde Muske, wo is here sin Pattana) found to be very good, it is in generall taken from a Small deere of about 2 foot high, of woh this Countrey doth mightilie abound.... & muske deere ... Great quantities of Muske brought from Cochin-Ohina and China it selfe. See Yule, o. v. Musk. [The quotations above are useful.]
MUSLIN, Fol. 3. provideinge great quantities of Muslinge Callicoes &c. Fol. 56. great Store of Calicos are made here most Especially beteelis (wowee call Muzlin).
Fol. 101. from Dacca: The Chiefe Commodities brought are fine Cossas, commonly called Muzlinge.
