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Asis : vows : ? asis, asisri, prayer, blessing : P. Dy., p. 49. Monty. S. R. Gloss., xxv. At: rubbish of all kinds for filling up a well. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. xii. Ata ghata : lit. flonr (and) a sheep': a vow at a shrine. Mgarh, S. R., p. 65.
Atan: an amusement in which women move in a circle, clapping their hands and singing in concert. Kohat S. R., 1884, p. 75.
Athart: * domestic sweeper, who is always in attendance on the husband men, a man of work : pp. to sepi. Gajrât S. R., p. 40.
Athain : a man specially employed to attend to tobacco crops and paid a share of the yield before division between landlord and tenant:= cheogi: D. G. K. Gr., p. 108.
Babbil: a very thorny species of acacia, which grows on the slopes of sand-hills. D. I. Khân S. R. 1879, p. 25.
Bachcha: small wooden cylinder sunk inside a cracked well to make it serviceable. Ci. chobachcha. Jhang S. R., p. 76. Daina: to sink an interior cylinder in a well, of which the water level has sunk below the original brick-work. Monty. 8. R. Gloss., p. xii.
Bachwa: a variety of fish. Multân Gr., p. 23. Badi wela: the time frin dawn to sunrise. Jhelum S. R., p. 56. Badrt : dates which ripen in the month of Badra or Bhadon. Mgarh. 8. R., p. 80.
Badza : plant which bears & white flower and grows to a height of 3 or 4 feet. Koht S. R., 188, p. 30.
Bagar : a variety of cotton plant: D. G. K. Gr., p. 110. Cl. khandof. Bagar: variety of jowár. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. x. Bagga : a variety of moth. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. x. Baggi: white rice. Multán Gr., p. 216.
Bagh: irrigated soil situated in the immediate vicinity of a village, cultivated principally by mális. Cf. tata Hazara S. R., 1874, p. 194.
Bahan : Populus Euphratica. Cf. ubhán. Mgarh. S. R., p. 29. Bahan : land ploughed up beforehand and prepared for sowing. Jhang S. R., p. 152.
Baharbadi: a small jhaldr having only a few pots, but those of large size, and worked by a single bullock: see oral. Multan Gr., p. 205.
Bahardi : irrigated land which gets an occasional dressing of manure. Hazara S. R., 1874, p. 91.
Bahikar: a thick, low brushwood, Jhelum S. R., p. 3. Bahir : a trading partý. D. I. Khán S. R., 1872-79, p. 181. Bahutra: the pinnæ of a date tree. Mgarh. S. R., p. 31. Baiphalli: a plant. Mgarh. S. R., p. 34. Bakan: a plant, a more weed, but used for fodder : Cf. bhükan. Mgarh. S. R., p. 33. Bakhain: a garden tree. Kohật S. R., 1884, p. 30. Bakrain : a climber. Multân Gr., p. 19. -Balkhi: a variety of tobacco. Monty. S. R., Gloss., xi. Bamblis an inferior variety of rice. D. G. Khin Gr., p. 112. Ban: a deep, loamy soil. Cf. chach, cho, gundi, mal. Jhelum S. R., p. 118.
