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BAUG Baug-[bond = to sow]-the sowing season. East districts (boni). Baul-[baul = blossom; Skt. mauli = head] Baula- -plants of the mung pulse. Bundelkhand. Baun-[? Skt. vamana = short, dwarfish]-pieces of bent wood attached to the ring used to keep the mouth of the irrigation bucket open. Duab (charas). Baunda [Skt. vrinta = stalk]-a pod of cotton, capsule of tobacco, etc. Upper Duab. Baunda- land given in lieu of service to village Baundi menials, such as sweepers, etc. West districts. For the difference between this and dohli see dohlt. Baundiya-a sub-tenant. Agra (shikami). Baunga (bhubla, bonga, gari, garri, porauta, porauti, poravat)-a stack of chaff grass, etc. Upper Duab-cf., chhaur, mandal. Bauni-[bond = to sow]-sowing; the sowing season (boai). Bauniya-[Skt. vamana = dwarfish]-the white dwarf variety of the large millet (juar). Baunkha-[Skt. bahu = forearm]-a dyed thread tied round their arms by women as an ornament or amulet. East districts (zevar). Bauiriab-stray-of cattle. East districts (avara). Baur-[Skt. mauli = head] (bor)-(1) the blossom of the mango; (2) little bells hung on the foot ornament (paezeb). Bauri-(bahuri, bhaunri, habus) unripe barley roasted; parched dry barley (chabena). Bavag-[bond = to sow]-(1) the sowing season (bonf); (2) broadcast sowing (bona). Bavani-[bavan = 52]-an estate consisting of 52 villages-cf. chaurasi. Bavarchi khanah-[bavarchi Pers. = cook; khanah = house] a cooking-house (rasol). Baya-[either bij = seed-grain or Arabic bai" = buying and selling]-a weighman (taula). Bayal-[see baya] a weighman's fees (taulai). Bayala [bayalis = 42]-a custom prevalent among landlords in Bijnor, who in division of crops extort 42 sers for each maund from their tenants. Bayar-[see biyal]-(1) the wind; (2) the wind demon (bhut). Bayyar- [see bairbani]-the wife and and woBayyarbani- men of the family generally: a term used by Jats and Thakurs in the West districts; they also use 'aurat-vani in the same sense. Bazu-[Skt. bahu = upper arm]-(1) (bazuband) the ornament worn by women on the upper part of the arm; (2) a bank raised along the side of a potato field to keep in the water. Farrukhabad, Bazuband-see bazu. Bebaqi-[be privat; baqi arrears]-a release in full of a debt (farighkhati). Bechiragh [be privat; chiragh = amp]-of a village, deserted; of a house or family, without a son (ujar). Bedaha [? Skt. vedha = excavation]-metal vessels made in a mould, as contrasted with kut = those beaten out of sheets of metal (thathera). Bedan-[Skt. vedana = pain]-rinderpest in cattle. Duab (chechak). Begar-[be privat; Pers. gar; Skt. kara = one who works]-one who is forced to work for noBEL thing. Baithe se begar bhala = it is better to work for nothing than sit idle. Chamar ko'arsh par bhi begar = the Chamar even when he gets to the seventh heaven has to do jobs for nothing. Begari-[see begar]-(1) forced labour; (2) people forced to work for nothing. Chor gathri legaya, begariyon ko chhutti hui = when the thief carried off the bundle, those who were carrying it for nothing were let off (utar). Begri- [begar = tin foil]-a lapidary (hakBegri- kak). Begri-thin sowing of seed. West districts (chhida). Behan [bid, bij = seed] - (1) a seedling (paud); (2) a plant nursery (biyar). BeharBehara grass reserved for pasturage (behra). Behar-[Skt. vedha = excavation]-raviny ground. Central Duab (bihand). Behna-[bid, bij = seed]-one who cleans the seed from cotton (dhuniya); a class noted for quarrelsomeness and cowardice. Pathan larai maren Behne darhi phatkaren = the Pathan does all the fighting and the cotton-cleaner all the beardstroking. Behnaur- [bid, bij = seed]-a nursery for Behnaura-) young plants, particularly rice. East districts (biyar). Behne-[bihan, bhan = the sun's rays]-in the early morning. Behra-[behar, behara]-grass reserved for pasturage. Rohilkhand. Behri-[Pers. bahrah = a share or portion]-(1) the distribution of the revenue, village expenses, &c., over the subordinate shares in a village (bachh); (2) one of the divisions in a bhaidchard (qv.) estate; (3) a subscription. Behridar-[behri (2)]-the holder of a share in a bhaiachara (qv.) estate. Beil-a cattle chain (zanjir). Bejhar) [acc. to Platts., Skt. vyamishra = Bejhara mixed] (1) barley. Central Duab Bejhra) (jau); (2) (bijhrd, bijhra, birra, gauchani, gojara, gojari, jauchani) peas, barley, wheat, gram or any two or three of these grains mized or sown together. Bejot-[be privat; jotnd = to plough]-waste land (banjar). Bekra-foot and mouth disease in cattle. Kumaun (khurpakka). Bel-[in some of its meanings from Skt. valli = a creeper: in others Skt. malli = holding]- (1) posts to strengthen the siding of a cart. Rohilkhand (gari); (2) a sugar-boiling house (kolhvar), more properly the system of sugar boiling by which two or more pans are used; in Robilkband generally five (kolhvar); (3) the seedlings or small shoots of betel and similar plants (pan); (4) a machine for twisting thread (aintha); (5) a kind of fibre - imperata spontanea (kans); (6) a precipice. Hill districts; (7) printing cloth with a pattern in imitation of creepers (belbuta); (8) presents given by the members of the brotherhood to barbers and other persons engaged in marriage or other ceremonies. Bel-[Persian =8 spade] - a spade, a mattock, whence beldar = navvy. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Alts