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[OCTOBER, 1909.
Lar: the bed of a canal or its branch. Multân Gr., p. 313.
Larih: a small hill torrent. Cf. churh. D. I. Khân S. R., p. 3.
Las an unirrigated deep loam soil. Cf. bela, cho and kund. Hazara S. R., 1874, p. 91.
Lath the axle of the vertical wheel (chakli) in a well. Lath the shaft that connects the two wheels of a well. Latmar: a tenant who erects embankments for irrigation. Laude: inferior. Monty. S. R., p. 29.
Lauhde wela: the time from 3 to 4 p. m. Jhelum S. R., p. 56.
Lawa laihar.
Lawin pheran: the first cotton picking. Mgarh. S. R., p. 76.
Leh: a weed like a thistle. Multân Gr., p. 208.
Lehtan a mulberry of inferior quality. Hazara S. R., 1874, P. 94. Lei da kharora: a well lined with wattles. Mgarh. S. R., p. 11. Leph see khindi (cf. Juke's Dicty. of W. P., p. 276).
Lihara: a camel in the first 4 months of its age. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. xv.
Liki: lines; narrow divisions of land. Hazira S. R., 1874, p. 156.
Lilki, lirki: a nick or notch in a camel's ear.
Liskh lightning. liskh-mar; affected by lightning. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. ix.
Lohra a horse run. Multân Gr., p. 242.
Lori-wela: the time, about 2 p. m., when a little parched gram or other light food is. taken. Jhelum S. R., p. 45.
Lota: an earthen pot or bucket in which the water is raised. Monty. S. R. Gloss.,
p. xiii.
Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. xiii. Multân Gr., p. 197.
D. G. Khân Gr., p. 86.
Lota a due paid to shrines. Multan Gr., p. 188.
Lote ka pâni: water obtained by lift, not by flow. Multân G. R., p. 200.
Lukar a coarse blanket. Multân G. R., p. 88.
Lunda a form of divorce in which the wife obliges her husband to divorce her. She relinquishes her dower, and sometimes pays a sum to him in consideration of his divorcing her. Mgarh. Customary Law, xx, p. 22.
Lundi a kind of wheat not often found. Jhang S. R. 1880, p. 87.
Lungi: lit., a turban. See jhûrî.
Machani: a fish, the Labeo calbasu. Cf. kála-bans. Bannû.
Machhua: a small boat on the European pattern. Jhelum S. R., p. 73.
Mada a name of the Chenab river. Multân Gr., p. 6.
Mahar: a rope for a camel. Multân Gr., p. 237.
