(p. 747) bāliśa a pillow or a bolster. 30)

(p. 721) bāk speech, language; learning; the organ of speech. ̃চাতুরি, ̃চাতুর্য, n. cleverness of speech; gift of the gab; artful or wheedling language, a quibble. ̃চাপল্য n. flippancy in speech; flippant speech; loquacity, talkativeness. ̃ছল n. artfulness or wheedlesomeness of speech; equivocation; a quibble. ̃জাল same as বাগজাল । ̃পটু same as বাগ্বিদগ্ধ । ̃পটুতা, ̃পটুত্ব same as বাগ্বৈদগ্ধ । ̃পারুষ্য n. rudeness of speech; insulting words. ̃প্রণালী n. mode of speaking; an idiom. ̃প্রপঞ্চ n. elaborate speech; eloquence. ̃রোধ inc. but pop. var. of বাগ্রোধ । ̃শক্তি n. power or faculty of speaking. ̃শক্তিরহিত, ̃শক্তিহীন a. dumb; unable to speak; rendered speechless; dumbfounded. ̃সংযম n. exercise of restraint in speech, sparingness in use of words, reticence, taciturnity. ̃সর্বস্ব a. excelling only in words and incapable of action. বাক্সর্বস্ব ব্যক্তি a person of mere words, a wind-bag. ̃সিদ্ধ a. having the power to utter infallible words. fem. ̃সিদ্ধা । ̃স্ফূর্তি n. utterance of words. ̃স্বাধীনতা n. freedom of speech. 280)

(p. 721) barabāda utterly spoilt or wasted; cast away; (loos.) rejected. বরবাদ করা v. to cast away; (loos.) to reject; (rare) to spoil or waste. 61)

(p. 743) bāpa2 a father; (in affectionate address) a son or a person deserving to be treated as a son. বাপকা বেটা, বাপের বেটা a chip of the old block. বাপকা বেটা সেপাইকা ঘোড়া, কুছ নেহী তো থোড়া থোড়া (fig.) a son must inherit some qualities at least of his father. বাপ তোলা v. to abuse one by calling names of one's father. বাপের জন্মে বা বয়সে (fig.) at any time, ever. কারও বাপের সাধ্য নেই (fig.) not within anybody's capacity, nobody is able to do, no one, not even one's sire has the grit or ability (to do). 18)

(p. 767) bilapamāna engaged in lamentation, lamenting, wailing, bewailing. 76)

(p. 756) bitta wealth, riches; property. ̃বান, ̃শালী a. wealthy, rich. fem. ̃শলিনী । বিত্ত সঞ্চয় করা v. to amass wealth or riches. ̃হীন a. poor, indigent. n. (pol.) a have-not. 42)

(p. 721) bahara a collection or multitude (পোত বহর); a fleet (মিরবহর); width, breadth (বহরে বড়); ostentatious show, glamour (রূপের বহর, কাজের বহর). 191)

(p. 748) bāsanā1 a dried bark or spathe of the banana and other plants. 15)

(p. 792) bōtāma a button. বোতাম পরানো বা লাগানো v. to button; to fit with buttons; to sew a button into. বোতামের ঘর বা ঘাট n. a button-hole. 36)

(p. 713) buni the first (cash.) sale or earning of the day. 9)

(p. 721) baẏḥ age; longevity or lifetime; youth or majority. ̃ক্রম n. age. ̃প্রাপ্ত, ̃স্হ a. one who has attained youth or (loos.) marriageable age; of age, grown-up. fem. ̃প্রাপ্তা, ̃স্হা । বয়ঃপ্রাপ্ত পুরুষ বা স্ত্রীলোক an adult, a major. ̃সন্ধি n. adolescence. ̃সীমা n. age-limit. 25)

(p. 786) bētāla1 (mus.) a breach of measure. a. same as বেতালা । 9)

(p. 782) bṛṣala a Shudra (শূদ্র); a sinner. fem. বৃষলী a Shudra (শূদ্র) woman; an adulteress or a profligate woman. 19)

(p. 794) byādhimukta cured of a disease, free from disease; healthy. ব্যাধিমুক্ত করা v. to cure one of a disease. ব্যাধিমুক্তি n. recovery from illness, cure of a disease. 75)

(p. 721) bahbārambha a grand or fussy preparation. বহ্বারম্ভে লঘুক্রিয়া much cry but little wool. 231)