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KUPHUR 172 Kuphur-the steep and rocky side of a hill. Hill districts. Kupiya- [Skt. kutupa] (dabba, kuppi)-a Kuppa- leather vessel for oil, clarified butter, etc. (jhaba). Kuppak-strangles in horses (ghora). Kur-the body of the plough. Duab and parts of Oudh (hal). Kura-[Skt. kurkuta) (bajhavan)-sweepings; manure. Kura-[? Skt. kora = a bud]-sprouts of sugarcane and other crops. West districts (akhua, kulla). Kura-[kura]-ripe, of cereals-see under bhadahar. Kurap-[gurab]-ploughing up the millets when they are about a foot high. Central Duab. Kurai [koro]-rafters for a roof (balla). Kurala the sloping side of a hill ending in a precipice. Hill districts. Kurar-[kura] a high, old, manure heap. Upper Duab (kuri). Kurariya-land enclosed in the windings of a river. Central Duab. Kurayya a weight of five ser. Bundelkhand. Kurcha-pieces of wood fastened to the neck of the irrigation bag. Bundelkhand (charas). Kurebha-a cow that calves twice within a year. East districts (purebha). Kuredni-(khurchani) an iron poker. Kurha-the body of the plough. Farrukhabad (hal). Kurhil-(heonali)-land ploughed during the hot weather for the early rice crop (bhadai). East districts (dhankar). Kurf-the millet Panicum miliaceum. Central Dunb (china). Kuri [kura] (ghur, ghura, ghurkatvari, ghur. katvar, kurar)-a -a manure heap. West districts. Kurikura]-pods of the arhar pulse. Duanb (kons). Kuri-(1) a small pile of anything. East districts; (2) a subdivision of a caste-see pal. Kuriya-[koro]-(1) a shed, the threshing-floor shed (marha); (2) rafters for a house (balla); (3) the space behind a house (pichhvara). Kurkhet-fallow land prepared for cultivation. Azamgarh. Kurkura the bare side of a bill, usually with a southern aspect. Hill districts. Kurkuri-[onomatopoic = rumbling]-colic or gripes in a horse (ghora). Kurkut-[Skt. kurkuta-rubbish; sweepings. Kurmundan KurmundaniKurmundiKurmundlaKurmundni- (daliya jhar). [kunra a pot; mundua = to close]-the end of the sowing season: so called because a little of the seed-grain is shut up in an earthen pot Kuro-[cf. kuriya]-a dwelling-house. Kumaun (ghar). Kurora-the iron bands connecting the blade of the bakhar (qv.) plough to the pegs. Bundelkhand. Kurra chara-dry fodder. East districts (chara). Kush ornament worn by women on the breast, especially by Jat women in the Upper Duab; (3) the plinth on which a house is built. KUTKA Kurta- } a coat (anga). KurtahKurthi-[Skt. kulattha] (kulthi) -a kind of vetch grown as fodder-see gavar. Kurti zanani-a woman's boddice; larger than the choli or angi which only covers the bosom. Kurul (bohiya, boiya, changel, changeli, choeni, delva, mauni, pitari, tipari)-a small straw basket. Kus- [Skt. kusha]-the sacred grass: a deKusa- structive weed (for a full account of the plant see Cadell, Banda Sett. Rep., p. 7). Brahmans collect it on 15 th dark half of Bhadon (Bhadon badi amavas), known as kushavarthi or kushgrakani amavas. The pious Hindu, when in Kuar (October) he makes his yearly oblation of water to his deceased relations, wears a ring of kus grass on the third finger of each hand-see dab. Kusagun-[ku = depreciation; shagun = an omen] (kushagun)-a bad omen (shagun). KushKusha- } see kus. Kushagun-see kusagun. Kushasan-[kush-asan = a seat]-a mat made of the sacred kusha grass used in a temple, etc. Kushast-[kush-hast = hand]-grants of land under certain ceremonies in which the sacred kusha grass is used. KushavarthiKusgrahani -} see kus. KusgunKushgun-see Kushgun- kusagun. Kuson- } Kussa-an iron spike used by gardeners for stirring the earth round plants, and also by burglars. Central Duab. KusumKasumbhKusumbha- } [Skt. kusumbha]-the safflower plant. For the proverb see bijju. Kavva ki punchh kusum ka phul = a safflower blossom on a crow's tail! Kusva a blight in transplanted rice. East districts (khaira). Kut (ankai, bakar, kankut)-valuation of crops for division between landlord and tenant (batai, darkati). Kut-[kutna = to pound]-vessels beaten out with a hammer: contrasted with bedahd = those made in a mould (thathera). Kutak-[kutka]-a club; a pounder for crushing bhang or intoxicating hemp. Kutala an iron hook with a wooden handle used in reaping. Garhwal. Kutanhari [kutnd] = to pound; Skt. kara = doer] a woman who lives by husking grain. East districts. Kutera [kutna = to pound]-the block on which sugarcane or fodder is cut. Central Duab (nisuha). Kuthari- cible for melting metals. Kuthali - [Skt. kutharika] (ghariya)-a cruKuthiya-[Skt. koshta] (kuthla)-a house granary (koth). faqir a Kuti [Skt. kuti]-a hut: especially that of Kutka-[kutak]-(1) a thick club (lath); (2) s hemp-grinder. 8 Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arf's