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J;u bblanak. A saltwater fish, mugil cannesius, of
which the following are names of varieties:
b. angin, b. bakau, b. jumpil, b. kamok, b. kWdera, b. puteh, and b. rapang.
Mata b.: the core of a pattern of lines on the
cushion of a finger. Pusat b.: id.
Pasir b.: good holding-ground for anchors.
A, b6lawa. A kind of large sword; V. d. W.,.,D b$lahak. To make a noise in one's throat
when eating; to cough up but not eject from
the mouth.
^ b61bat. I. A cake made of tapioca and
rolled in banana leaf. Also kuweh lipat and
kuweh bel!pat.
II. Striking (in contradistinction to thrusting in fencing); single-stick play as opposed
to fencing with foils. Also belabat.
Go4 b/lbas. A small smooth lath laid horizontally across the frame of an atap wall to serve
as a support for the ata; the horizontal as
opposed to the perpendicular portions of a
framework, cf. jerejak; a portion of a Malay
loom used to connect pieces of cloth; a ruler,
an instrument for ruling lines.
-L. bel/bau. The administration of a switching
by a man standing up to a man lying down
flat on the ground; belabouring.
). bulbul. Pers. The Indian nightingale;
Bost. Sal.
In Kedah this name is given to an imaginary
bird believed to reside in the stomach of a
crocodile.
aJ. b6lat. Any sort of net with long narrow interstices formed by tying together rattans or
long laths; chicks; the peculiar nets used
with fishing stakes; (by extension) fishing
stakes or traps for fish, generally consisting of a
framework forming a series of enclosures (kurong) into which the fish wander, being led or
driven from one into another by means of rows
of stakes leading to the trap until they are
practically confined in the last enclosure and
are caught by raising a net (daun) lying on
the bottom of the enclosure. The belat or
net proper is placed round the framework.
Saperti ikan dalam belat: like a fish in a trap;
" in a hole," " up a tree "; Prov.

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B. kangkang: a small river fish-trap something on the lines of the b. kWdAh or b. bUtawi,
but of miniature size and delicate framework.
B. kemnbang: an outshore fish-trap on the
lines of the b. betawi and 6. gddAh, but not as
large as the b. betawi.
B. keddh: an inshore fish-trap on the lines
of the b. bgtawi and b. ke'mbang.
B. langai: a bag net running up and down
six bamboo posts.
B. lengkong: a fish-trap (unidentified).
Tongkang b.: the boat used for constructing
the framework of a fish-trap and for conveying and driving in the necessary piles (turns b.).
Belat is also used of a splint for a wounded
arm formed by fastening rattans or laths
to one another, so as to form a framework
relatively rigid in its length but which can be
rolled round the arm as regards its breadth.

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b6lit. Formation into coils; the coil of a
snake (Ht. Sg. Samb.; Cr. Gr., 78; Ht.
Koris), or of an elephant's trunk (Ht. Abd.,
75; Ht. Ind. Jaya), or of anything of a sinuous
and flexible character, as a necklace (Ht.
Koris, Ht. Ind. Nata) or as a shawl wrapped
round the neck (Sh. Ibl., 12), or as a lasso
enfolding an enemy (Ht. Sg. Samb.), or as
the winding appearance of some rivers (Ht.
Mar. Mah.). Sa-belit: a coil. Berantai tujoh
belit: in a chain of seven coils, Ht. Ind. Nata.
Saperti ular berbilit-belit laku-nya: like a snake
when coiled up; a simile for an angry man.

lMemzbelit: to coil round.

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bl1ut. An eel. Ikan b.: id; Sh. Ik. Trub., 7.
Saperti belztt pulang ka-lunpor: like an eel
returning to his mud; a man who goes out to
seek his fortune and returns home as poor
as when he started; Prov., J. S. A. S., II.,
141. Belut jatoh ka-lumpor: an eel dropped
into mud; a man who has been dropped on
his feet; a lucky drop into one's own element;
Prov. Bagai belut di-ketil ekor: like an eel
when its tail has been nipped; off like lightning; Prov. Ht. Raj. Don., Io.
Jahit tulang b.: herring-boning (in sewing).
balchi. Negeri balchi: Beluchistan; Ht. Kal.
Dam., 338.

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B. angkit-angkit: chicks; = bidai.
B. betawi: a fish-trap with three or five
enclosures (kurong), the netting being strong
and intended for large lish, while the trap
itself is an outshore one.

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balakh. Arab. Haughty; supercilious.
bald. Arab. A city, a town.

B. jeremal: (Kedah) a fish-trap in the shape
of a square, one side being left open to face
the ebb tide. Fish are attracted into it by
expanding rows of stakes which direct the
course of the fish into the trap. In Riau and
Johor this trap is known by the name tuwas.

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\.b b6leda. A sweet broth; a sweet gruel.;\I buldan. Arab. Cities, towns; the plural of
bald, a city.

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