(p. 782) bṛddha aged, old; older; senior or veteran or grown-up or advanced or experienced (বয়োবৃদ্ধ, জ্ঞানবৃদ্ধ); ancient (বৃদ্ধ বট); lucky; enlarged or extended (প্রবৃদ্ধ). n. an old man. ̃ত্ব, ̃তা n. agedness, oldness; old age; elderliness. ̃প্রপিতামহ n. a paternal great-great-grandfather. fem. ̃প্রপিতামহী a paternal great-greatgrandmother. ̃প্রমাতামহ n. a maternal great-great-grandfather. fem. ̃প্রমাতামহী a maternal great-great-grandmother. 10)

(p. 786) bēra a spoilt colour; a different colour; (in card-playing) a suit other than the trump. 80)

(p. 751) bikalā a measure of time (= 1/6 কলা), a second. 12)

(p. 751) bikampita trembling, rudely shaken. 7)

(p. 779) bujha consolation; gumption; mutual understanding or agreement; explanation or manipulation (হিসাবের বুঝ); বুঝ থাকা v. to have mutual understanding or agreement. বুঝ দেওয়া v. to console or comfort; to explain or manipulate (accounts). বুঝ মানা v. to agree to be consoled, to accept consolation. ̃সুঝ n. gumption and patience. 19)

(p. 721) barapha snow; ice. ̃জল n. ice-water. ̃তুল্য a. icy. 57)

(p. 715) bakra bent, curved, tortuous; oblique; squint: crooked; (chiefly astrol.) antipatheitc. n. a bend, a turn. ̃গতি a. having a curved or sinuous or tortuous motion. ̃গামী a. curvedly or sinuously or tortuously moving crooked. ̃চ্ছেদ n. (geom.) an oblique section. ̃তা n. curvedness; sinuosity; obliqueness; squintness; curvature; crookedness. (chiefly astrol.) antipathy. বক্রতাকেন্দ্র n. (phys.) a centre of curvature. ̃দৃষ্টি a. squint-eyed, cock-eyed; looking askance; squinting. ̃নাস a. having a curved or aquiline nose. ̃পৃষ্ঠ a. convex; arch-backed. ̃রেখা n. curved line, a curve. ̃শিরাল a. (bot.) curviveined. ̃সংঘাত n. (mech.) an oblique impact. বক্রাংশুরেখা n. (phys.) a caustic curve. বক্রাংশুস্পর্শ n. (phys.) causticity. 5)

(p. 755) bichānō to spread (মাদুর বিছানো); to scatter or strew or lay (কাঁকর বিছানো). 7)

(p. 782) bēm̐ẏō lefthanded. 48)

(p. 748) bāhāttara seventy-two. বাহাত্তুরে a. (lit. & rare) aged seventy-two years; (pop. & facet.) senile. বাহাত্তুরে ধরা, বাহাত্তুরে পাওয়া v. to be stricken with senility. 43)

(p. 756) bitarka deliberation; a debate; argument, reasoning; wrangling, a dispute; doubt. ̃ণীয় a. debatable; arguable; disputable. বিতর্কিকা n. a debate; a debating forum. বিতর্কিত a. deliberated upon; debated; argued, reasoned; disputed; doubted. 35)

(p. 790) baitaraṇī (myth.) a river which the spirits of the dead have to cross in order to reach the abode of the dead, (cp.) the Styx. বৈতরণীর মাঝি n. the ferryman across the Baitarani (বৈতরণী), (cp.) Charon. 34)

(p. 786) bēdhya that which is to be or can be bored or pierced. 53)

(p. 738) bāṭana turning into paste by rolling something on a flat mortar with a pestle. বাটনা n. spices turned thus into paste; a quantity of spices to be rolled thus. 40)

(p. 721) basana cloth; a loincloth, a wearing cloth; dress. ̃ভূষণ n. clothings and ornaments, dress and ornaments. বসনাঞ্চল, ̃প্রান্ত n. the hem or corner of a cloth. 176)