(p. 743) bāmākṣī a fair-eyed woman. 44)

(p. 794) byāhṛti utterance. 107)

(p. 756) bitaṃsa a noose or rope for fastening birds, beasts etc. 29)

(p. 773) biśrabdha confidential (বিশ্রব্ধ আলাপ); profound (বিশ্রব্ধ জ্ঞান); very intimate (বিশ্রব্ধ বন্ধু); tranquil; fearless. 18)

(p. 779) bakuni a particle; affected witty talk or remarks; tall talk; ludicrous mixture of a foreign language with one's own. বকুনি ঝাড়া v. (infor.) to indulge in witty talk or remarks affectedly; talk big; to mix a foreign language ludicrously with one's own. 15)

(p. 756) biṭa1 a round or course (as of postman or watchman); a beat. 12)

(p. 779) bujaruka pretentious, pretending, charlatanic; quackish. n. a charlatan, a quack; an impostor. বুজরুকি n. pretension, charlatanism, quackery. 17)

(p. 786) bēnā verbena. বেনার মূল vertiver, cuscus. বেনাবনে মুক্তো ছড়ানো (fig.) to cast pearls before swine, to scatter seed amidst thorns. 55)

(p. 756) bijñāta well-informed, au fait; wellknown; distinguished, famous. 7)

(p. 717) banīkaraṇa afforestation. 57)

(p. 751) bigalana melting; (chem.) smelting. 47)

(p. 721) balā-kōẏā earnest solicitation or request (অনেক বলা-কওয়ার পর রাজি হওয়া); without any mention even (বলা-কওয়া নেই, একটা কাজ করে বসল). 139)

(p. 747) bālāi an evil, a harm; a pest. int. an utterance to revoke a former utterance or to counteract a possible harm. (cp.) God forbid (বালাই, তুমি কেন মরবে?). বালাই নিয়ে মরা to die taking away with oneself all harm that may occur to another. বালাই ষাট same as বালাই (int.). 21)

(p. 721) baraphaṭṭāi bragging, tall talk; ostentatious display or show. বরফট্টাই করা v. to brag; to make an ostentatious show. 58)

(p. 800) bratacārī observing a vow; undergoing ascetical austerities or penance. n. a kind of folk-dance. fem. a. ব্রতচারিণী । 6)