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A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens.

A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.

An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn by women in India and Africa, and in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet. Bangle ear, a loose hanging ear of a horse, like that of a spaniel.

The Indian fig. See Banyan. Banian days (Naut.), days in which the sailors have no flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.

An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia.

A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.

A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia.

A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry. -- Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. -- Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curca…

A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form.

Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India. Whitworth.

gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything. The ineffective bauble of an Indian pagod. Sheridan.

The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus).

A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa.

erican species in Bruchus fabæ. -- Florida bean (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments. -- Ignatius bean, or St. Ignatius's bean (Bot.), a species of Strychnos. -- Navy bean, the common dried white bean of co…

A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant. [India]

A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.

An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy.

An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc. [Obs.]

astic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian.

A water carrier, as to a household or a regiment. [India]