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A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

A stupid or insignaficant fellow; a fool; a simpleton. [R.] Hudibras.

To doom beforehand; to predestinate. Thou art foredomed to view the Stygian state. Dryden.

Doomed to hell. Milton.

A lunisolar calendar of India, according to which the year is divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur (once in three years). The intercalary month has the name of the one which precedes it. The year usually commences about April 11. The months are follows:…

A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.

The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.

Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n.

One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.]

Done or being within doors; within a house or institution; domestic; as, indoor work.

Within the house; -- usually separated, in doors.

utchouc like substance obtained from the milky juice of the East Indian Euphorbia Kattimundoo. It is used as a cement.

A large South African antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The f…

A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding.

An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.

ry newly acquired by a conquering nation. In this sense, often used adjectively, as, open-door system, open-door policy, etc.

Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See Out of door, under Out, adv. Amongst out-of-door delights. G. Eliot.

n air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients.

Abread; out of the house; out of doors.

Same as Pandour.