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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[AUGUST, 1911.
Chirna : to possess, enter (of a spirit). The possession by a spirit of a gur, ghaniļá or & devd. It is also called groni when a gur speaks; in the lower bills this state of a man is called garni. Hingarnd is the time when a gur speaks or moves in groni. Mind is a synonym for chirnd. Simla Hills.
Chitan: black stripes (on earthen vessels). Karnal S. R. 1880, p. 122. Chitrera: a painter from chittar, a picture. Kangra Gloss, Chitta: a stripe. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 200. Chitwang=chitamnâ. Panjabi Dioty., p. 338.
Chiwan: a string with which a finished vessel on the chal (wheel) of the potter is cut off. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 200.
Cho : & water-fall. In the low hills, the bed of a torrent. Kangra Gloss. Choa : soakage. Karnal S. B., 1880, p. 159. Chobhi : the race of a water-mill by which water escapes. Kângra Gloss.
Chobku: a trap door in the ceiling leading to an upper storey by a ladder (Nurpar). Kângre Gloss.
Choh: (1) a drainage channel ; (2) a mountain torrent. Hoshiarpur S. R., p. 8.
Choldsop : an unsewn and unhemmed reddish yellow cloth provided by the bride's maternal grandfather which she wears on her head, used only at weddings, but worn after the ceremony till it wears ont. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 130.
Cholna : to dress the sagar cane by stripping off the leaves and cutting off the crown. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 181.
Cholyàlu: the Hindu kitchen or room of the chila; also called rissiklu. Kangra Gloss.
Chop31: the common room in a village in which a traveller, who has no friends, puts up (used in the north. Cf. paras). Karnal S. R., p. 106.
Chot: a deduction allowed at the making up of accounts. Jallandar S. R., p. 72. Chotikat: a Muhammadan Rajput, so called by Hindus. Karnal S. R., p. 80.
Chua: 'touch,' commonly used when someone is believed to be impure from touching or eating with a low caste person chud lagánd=to outcaste for eating ; while bhot means outcasting for cohabiting with a low-caste woman or man. Simla Hills.
Chuana : waving grain or tobacco over a patient's body. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 146. Chu chik : white clay-see golend. Chugra : a tiny lamp of pottery used at the Diwali. Of. chigsa. Chuhi : the reservoir of a well. Ludhiâna S. R., 1883, p. 97. Chùi : a small pool. Karnâl S. R., 1880, p. 171. Chuk : pain in the loins, (? lumbago ). D. G. Khân. Chanchi: breasts. Sirsa S. R. 1883, p. 163.
Chunchi khulat: a ceremony performed at the birth of a child by the mother's sister-in-law who washes her breasts and is presented with a suit of clothes in return for the service. Sirsa S. R., 1883, p. 163.
Chunga: a male spirit ander a soroerer's control and employed to bring things to him. It also drinks milk of cows and brings milk, ghi, etc., to its sorcerer. Chamba.
Chant : a red stone (dust, etc., of precious stones ?). Chuņns : to pick up, p. 249.
Churan : a conical shaped enlargement which crashes the cane against the sides of the kohli as it moves round in the cavity. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 161.
Dab: a piece of wood, with which the side of the hole in which the vertical wheel revolves, and the side of the well, where the lath rests, are lined. Jullundur 8. R., p. 102
Dab (eragrostis cynosurvides): a weed with deep roots. Rohtak.
