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burj. Arab. Castle, turret; Ht. Isk. Dz.; a
station of the Zodiac. Burju'l-asad: Leo, as
a sign of the Zodiac.
The signs of the Zodiac play a considerable
part in Malayo-Arabic divination and are
popularly known as the bintang duwa bWlas
or "twelve stars," though properly constellations; see bintang.,... birchat. A fish (unidentified); C. and S.
LJ^ bdrdus. Breadth round the waist; prominence
of the stomach;-stronger than bunchit, q. v.
'J. bordu. [Port. bordo.] Gunwale (of a ship);
(sometimes) the hatches over a ship's hold.
j barzak. Arab. 'A lam barzak: the other
world; Hades.
cr. biras. (I) Rice, husked but uncooked; cf.
padi, and nasi; (2) a measure for diamonds,
(the weight of a grain of rice?)I Tikus jatoh
ka-dalam gedong beras: a mouse fallen into a
granary; great good luck; Prov., Ht. Abd., Io.
Taroh beras di-dalanm padi: put your rice in
padi; an injunction to secrecy; Prov., J.S.A.S.,
I., 88. Beras basah: wet rice; worthless rice;
a symbol for useless lies or a story that will
not "go down "; Prov.
B. berteh: toasted rice; v. reteh and berteh.
B. bunga nyior: the grain contained in the
flower of the coconut.
B. bunga pinang: the grain in the flower of
the areca-nut; also b. layang pinang. Used
at a raja's funeral.
B. kunyet: rice stained with saffron-much
used in wedding and other ceremonies.
B.petas: (coll.) all kinds of rice and stores
of grain. Cf. lauk-pauk.
Belalang b.: a species of grasshopper (unidentified); Ht. Raj. Don., 56.
r'.. bMris. Eng. The bridge of a ship.
Latv bbrus. Eng. Brush.
C'-. birsat. Gone astray-of food which gets
into the wind-pipe. Cf. sssat.,- r birsit. Sudden appearance, sudden projection into view; = bersil, q. v., —r, birsut. A sudden scowl, as the result of an
unpleasant thought rising in the mind.
X Cf. the following Pantuns:

Che' Ali pergi ka-Lingga
Kgna angin gklombang barat;
Kalau tuwan biyasa berniyaga,
Berapa baras satu khrat?
Kayoh pgrahu dari pangkalan,
Sgrta sampai beharu di-ikat;
Kalau 'nak tahu timbangan intan
Lapan beras satu kWrat.

-r. bMrsil. Sudden appearance; suddenly issuing
into full view, as a snake emerging from a
hole or as a ship from behind a cape. Cf.
jengol.
brsin. Sneezing: to sneeze. Bersin dan
batok: sneezing and coughing; Sh. Ungg.
Bers., i8. Lanl iya bersin-lah serta membuka
mata-nya: then he sneezed and opened his
eyes; Ht. Sg. Samb.
y/. bbr6seh or bgrseh. Clean; free from impurities; cleanliness, the state of being clean.
Membberesehkan: to cleanse; to rid of impurities; Sh. Lamp., 15.
jvP. baras. Arab. Leprosy.
t brang. I. (Daik.) Berang-berang:an otter,. *lutra vulgaris. Also (Riau) be'mbelrang, and
(Kedah) memiber ang or nemenmrang.
II. Buloh berang: a bamboo, dendrocalamus
strictus.
W bereng. Bereng-bereng: (Onom.) A species
of gong; a Chinese musical instrument; Ht.
Abd., 313.
Aft berenga. Larvae of insects to be found in or
on decayed animal matter. Maka bereYnga-pun
puteh mzemuteh sa-genap badan-nya: maggotlarvae shewed up white over all his body; Ht.
Raj. Don., 53. See also renga.

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birangta. Jav. Love, passion; = berahi,
q. v. Gila b.: the madness of love, madly
in love; Ht. Raj. Don., 50. Taman b.: the
Garden of Love; Sh. Panj. Sg. Penglipor b.:
the consoler of love sorrows; Sh. Panj. Sg.
birangti. Love, = berahi and berangta. Gila
b.: madly in love; Ht. Mas. Ed. 'Ashik b.:
id., Sh. Panj. Sg.

utr. birengos. Jav. Moustache; - misai, q. v.
x btrangsang. To excite or rouse to courage;
to hearten up with heating food or strong
liquor or martial music; see rangsang.,J,. birengsel. [Dutch hengsel.] A hinge, e.g.,
of a door; a joint-as between bones; hinged;
see engsel.
b6r6nggil. Saw-edged, knobby, crenelated;
v. enggil. Cf. ringgit.
A. b6r6ngu or beringau. A musical instrument, a wind instrument. Di-tiyup orang-lah
nafiri dan bere-ngu: the state clarions and
bugles were blown; Ht. Isk. Dz.

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