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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A brass or copper basin for washing the hands.
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A silver bedstead with the necessary furniture, as before described; a silver pawn-dawn, [8] round, and shaped very like a modern spice-box in England; a silver chillumchee [9] (wash-hand basin), and lota (water-jug with a spout, nearly resembling an old-fashioned coffee-pot); a silver luggun [10] (spittoon); silver surraie [11] (water-bottle); silver basins for water; several dozens of copper saucepans, plates and spoons for cooking; dishes, plates, and platters in all variety needful for the house, of metal or of stone.
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885
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