(p. 872) mucaki half-expressed by the turning up of lips, (cp.) smirky (মুচকি হাসি) 20)

(p. 878) mṛt earth, clay. ̃কাণ্ডজ n. (bot.) a radical leaf. মৃত্ক্ষয় রোধ n. prevention of soil erosion. ̃পাত্র n. an earthen pot or vessel, an earthenware. ̃পিণ্ড n. a lump of clay or earth, a clod of earth. ̃শিল্প n. the potter's art, pottery; clay-modelling. ̃সংরক্ষণ n. soil-conservation. 4)

(p. 867) mihidānā a kind of sweetmeat consisting of very small globules. 29)

(p. 852) mābhaiḥ (used as int.) don't fear, be not afraid. a. expelling fear (মাভৈঃ বাণী). 139)

(p. 874) murāri Krishna (কৃষ্ণ), who killed Mura মুর the demon. 26)

(p. 831) maḍ়ipōḍ়ā taking part in cremating the dead bodies of unrelated persons. n. such a Brahman (considered an outcast). 8)

(p. 828) maktaba a Muslim primary school. 19)

(p. 838) manusaṃhitā, manusmṛti a code of laws drawn up by Manu (মনু). 8)

(p. 878) mṛdaṅga an instrument of percussion shaped almost like a tom-tom. 7)

(p. 831) mathana churning; stirring; trampling; routing; crushing. মথন করা v. to churn, to stir; to trample; to rout, to crush. 30)

(p. 839) manḍā1 a sweet blob. 12)

(p. 830) majjā marrow, bone-marrow; pith; (physio.) core. ̃গত a. pertaining to marrow; inherent or inveterate. ̃গহ্বর n. a pith cavity. 6)

(p. 852) mānē-mānē whilst one's prestige or dignity is still unimpaired. 128)

(p. 874) muhurta a division of time (=48 minutes); a point of time, a moment, a while; a very short time. এই মুহুর্তে at this moment; just now; immediately, at once. ̃কাল n. a moment, a while. ̃মধ্যে adv. in a moment, in an instant, in two ticks, in a trice, in a jiffy. ̃মাত্র adv. only for a moment or while. n. only a moment. 50)

(p. 872) muñja a kind of grass from which cords are made. 28)