(p. 767) birasa having no or little juice; sapless, dry; dull, insipid; dispirited, displeased, sullen, glum (বিরস বদন). ̃তা n. want of juice or sap; dullness, insipidity, dispiritedness, displeasure, sullenness, glumness. বিরস বদন n. a glum face; a gloomy face. 55)

(p. 751) bikṣata (usu. correl. of ক্ষত) severely wounded or ulcerated. 36)

(p. 721) bartma a road, a path, a way; a set of rules of conduct or moral practice; (fig.) a means. 109)

(p. 767) biśuṣka very dry; wizened (বিশুষ্ক দৃষ্টি); glum, morose (বিশুষ্ক মুখ). ̃তা n. extreme dryness; state of being wizened, glumness, moroseness. 111)

(p. 721) barṇāśrama the four stages of the life of a Hindu as enjoined in the Vedas (see চতুরাশ্রম). ̃ধর্ম n. duties of the aforesaid four stages of life. 95)

(p. 785) bēñca, bēñci a bench, a form. 15)

(p. 748) bāsa2 smell (good or bad). 8)

(p. 737) bāṅniṣṭha true to one's word, one who keeps his word or promise. 16)

(p. 760) bidhu the moon. 10)

(p. 721) balkala, balka the rind of a tree, bark. বল্কলধারী a. wearing bark (instead of a loincloth). fem. বল্কলধারিণী । 160)

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

(p. 721) barṣī (used as a sfx.) raining, showering, scattering, sprinkling, dispersing (আলোকবর্ষী). 124)

(p. 761) biprayukta separated, severed, detached, disunited, disjointed. 72)

(p. 779) buḍ়i2 (fem. of বুড়ো) old, aged. n. an old woman. পাকা বুড়ি (facet.) a little girl behaving like a grown-up or elderly woman. ̃পনা n. comically elderly conduct of a little girl. 26)

(p. 721) banya grown or growing or dwelling or roving in the forest, wild; of the forest, silvan; unfit for civilized society; uncivilized; savage. 13)