Glossary of terms in poetry by Rudyard Kipling

Aaor - Cahors?     Aggy Chell - get ahead     abby-nay - Not now     arder - And a half     aasvogel - Vulture     babul - Acacia     bairagi - Wandering holy man     band karo - locked up     Bandar - Monkey     bat - talk     Beebee Miriam - the Virgin Mary     biltong - dried meat     Blue Fuse - Extreme range     boorga - Hurricane     bottle-khana - Pantry     Bukhshi's - The Commander in chief.     bul-bul - Nightingale     burra-khana - dinner     Burra Sahib - a big man     Burra Sahib Bahadur - a very big man indeed     bursati - A skin disease of horses     bust - Three days leave     C.B. - Confined to barracks     Chota Bursat - the early rains     Churel - The ghost of a woman who has died in childbirth     C.I.E. - A Companionship of the order of the Indian Empire.     C.S.I. - The order of the Star of India     dk - Stage of a journey To travel by dak to travel by relays of palanquins or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.     dammer - Native sealing-wax     darwaza band - doors closed, not at home     dasturi - bribes     De Contemptu Mundi - Hymn No. 226, A. and M., The world is very evil.     dhoni - native boat     Docking and Dowsing - Shoal lights on the East Coast.     Dop - Cape brandy     duftar - Office     ferash - Tamarisk     ghora lo - bring my horse     guddee - Throne     haramzadas - scoundrels     Harry By - Mr. Atkins's equivalent for "O brother."     hazar-ho - Wait a bit     hog-darn - Cigar-lighter     hokee-mut - very drunk     holluschickie - The young seal     hoppin - Hop-picking     Hum deckty hai - Im looking out.     Imshee kelb - Get out, you dog.     jemadar-sais - Head-groom     jingal - Native cannon     juldee - Be quick     jutis - shoes     kaa-pi chay-ha-yeh - copy wanted     kafilas - Caravans     kala juggahs - cosy corners     kanats - canvas     karela - A wild melon.     kikar - Wayside tree     kitmutgars - Waiters     khansamah - Butler     khud - hillside     kol - The Indian bell-bird     kul - To-morrow     L.G. - Lieutenant-Govenor     malliel - The cemetery gardener     marrow - Hit you     matkas - She-seals     Maun Nihl Seyn - Mount Nelson (?)     maxima debetur pueris reverentia - The greatest respect is due to young persons     Mlech - The foreigner     Mukht-i-Fauj - Salvation Army     mussick - Water-skin     musth - Mad     Nikhal Seyn - Nicholson, a gentleman once of some notoriety in India.     Non hoc semper erit liminis aut aquae caelestis patiens latus - This side will not always be patient of rain and waiting on the threshold.     Number Threes - Horse-holders when in action, and therefore generally under cover.     Oont - Camel: oo is pronounced like u in "bull", but by Mr. Atkins to rhyme with "front".     pagal - idiot     panee lao - Bring water swiftly     peg - Whisky and soda     pt - stomach     Pharisee - A fairy     samadh - A memorial     sat-bhai - Indian Starlings     Screw-Gun - A light artillery piece, made in two parts with the muzzle being screwed into the breech. This allowed the parts of the the gun to be light enough to be carried on mules into inaccessible areas.     see-catchie - The male seal     Sheristada - Clerk of the court     shikarred - Hunted     shroff - Money-lender     simpkin - Champagne     skoff - Food     slingers - bread soaked in tea     Suleiman and Aflatoun - Solomon and Plato     talao - Pond or lake     Thamesfontein - London     Thuu - Literally, a rotted out tree-stump     tonga-bar - Bar of the old fashioned curricle that took men up to Simla before the railroad was made.     thanca - Police station     thirteen-two - Polo-pony     tikka dhurzie - hired tailor     Trek jou - Get ahead     tulsi - The Holy Basil     Upsaras - The Choosers of the Slain.     Voorloopers - Leading horseman of the enemy     V.P.P. - Value Payable Parcels Post: in which the Government collects the money for the sender.