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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[August, 1909.
Bhora : good land, generally manared, close to a village = dehwas in the Marwat and warba i in Bannů Proper. Banna S. R., 1879, p. xxxvii.
Bhu'enphor: a weed with waxy unwholesome-looking flowers (see Jukes, 6. o.). Multân Gr., p. 208.
Bhut: a weel bearing yellow banches of blossom. Multan Gr., p. 208. Bhakan: a plant. Cf. bakan. Mgarh. 8. R., p. 38. Bhulari : chaff of bajra and worthless: D. G. Khân Gr., p. 110. C. dhúi, and M. bhulur.
Bhurni: the horizontal beam below the bhurjal or vertical pole of a well. (Cf. bharwanni Juke's Dicty. of W. P., p. 39); Iednjan, Multán Gr., p. 197.
Bhurna: the marble-backed dack. Mgarh. S. R., p. 39. Bigar (? begár): work on a dam. D.I. Kbán S. R. 1872-79, p. 109. Blja: (i) a nursery for seedlings. D. G. Khin; (ii) & seedling. Moltán Gr , p. 216. Bilhar: a pair of wells, D. G. Khin Gr., p. 104.
Bindi: xrack made of palm leaf fibre. D. G. Khan Gr., p. 108; (ii) a bag made of the pinnæ of date tree. Mgarh. S. R., p. 30; (iii) a bag. Multan Gr., p. 227; (iv)=bela, a large island: cf. dona. Jhang Gr., p. 9.
Birat: a cash indin or grant. Cf. bardt (Jukes' Dicty. of W. P., p. 32). Kohat 8. R., 1884,
p. 189.
Bisht : poisonous, of soil: a term applied to the black kallar soil which is fatal to plant life. Jbang S. R., p. 8.
Biswat: the foe wbich & potter or carpenter receives from land-owner for helping him to carry seed to the field at sowing time. Gujrat S. R., p. 41.
Bitalah, see batalah. Bithara : D. G. Khan Gr., p. 108. Bokhat: a plant (asphodelus Astulosus). Multân Gr., p. 20.
Bol: a song of a sententions or sofistic character, 1. q. ldf, described in Multán Gr., pp. 118. 114.
Boli: an advance sale of wheat not yet ripe. Multân Gr., p. 218. Brakha: a lot or share of land. Of. bakhra. Buar: the Gadwall duck, Mgarb. S. R., p. 39. Budd : & temple. Multán Gr., p. 337. Budhi: disease of goats, the same as sari, but not very fatal. Hazara S. R., 1874, p. 98. Bughat: a weed, bearing white bells. Multán Gr., p. 208.
BUHA: (i) a hole in the top of a palld by which grain is put in. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. xix; (ii) a door way or entrance; haqq büha is a kamidna rate levied in Pakhar. Bannû S. R., p. xxxvii.
Buhara: a fruit-stalk after the fruit has been taken off-of dates : opp. to gosha. Bain : a useless plant. Multân Gr., p. 19. Bukhat: the wild onion. Ce. pidzi. Chenab Col. Gr., p. 69. Bulbula: see atan.
Bulla: the flowers of the dili, the upper part of the stem of saccharum sara. Cf. makhan sawdi. Mgarh, $. R., p. 33.
