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2... beret. Cheret-beret: protracted, dragging on
unfinished-of work; constant of the flow of
anything, seemingly interminable; Sh. Panj.
Sg. I9I (ayer kenching-nya cheret-beret).
*-YV birat. A scar, on the mouth; traces of itch
or eczema round the mouth; cf. parut.
L.~ beras or biras. The connection between
men who have married sisters or between
women who have married brothers; - a connection by marriage only.
L.. berang. I. Anger; wrath; incensed;
angered; furious; the rise of passion. Hati b.:
angry feelings; Sh. Bur. Nuri, I6; Sh. Sg.
Kanch., 14; Ht. Koris.
Kalau ku turut hati yang berang,
Nama yang baik jadi binasa:
if I give way to my angry feelings, my good
name will perish for ever.
Berbangkit b.: to get excited; to get angry;
Sh. Bur. Pungg. Naik b.: id. Memberang:
id.; Sh. Abd. Mk., 55; Sh. Peng., I; Sh.
Sg. Kanch., 15.
II. Ular b.: a dangerous snake mentioned
in romances. Dengan sa-kutika itu juga menjadi ular berang: he became a berang snake in
a moment; Ht. Koris.
E. biring. I. A disease of the eyes; a running
of matter or blood sometimes involving loss of
hair on the lower eyelid.
II. Light red or yellowish, as a fightingcock of this colour.
Hendak puchok, puchok-lah jering.
Jering ta'-biyasa puchok di-dahan;
Hendak kukok, kukok-lah biring,
Biring ta'-biyasa kalah di-medan:
if you wish to crow, crow then, my fightingcock, my fighting-cock that knows not defeat
on the plain (pit.)
Biring sangka naning: a variety of this colour
in a fighting-cock..-.Af bairup. [Eng. buoy-rope.] A buoy or life
belt; a watermark.
J$-. berak. (Coarse.) To ease oneself; = buwang
ayer besar. Ht. Sg. Samb; Sh. Lamp., 26;
Ht. Abd., 269; J. S. A. S., iii., 30.
Jv.! berek. Berek-berek, or beberek: a species of
fly-catcher, a bird associated in Malay superstition with the Wild Huntsman of the forests

(Hantu Pemburu); J. I. A., i., 307.
a.. beram. A dark colour; black, or dark red,
Sh. Bid., 36; - the colour of the old Malacca
fort, according to the Hikdyat Koris.

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p/. biram. An elephant, - a word used only in
romance and poetry, gajah being the word in
colloquial use. Berjuwang b.: to fight on
elephants; Ht. Koris, Ht. Ind. Meng. Berjuwangkan b.: to make one's elephant fight;
Ht. Koris. B. berjuwang: a war elephant;
Ht. Koris. Baginda pun naik biram yang
menta: the king mounted a rutting elephant;
Sh. Bid., 122.
\- biramani. A string of corals; K1.
birau. Kachau-birau: an intensitive of kachat,
(confusion); extreme complication or confusion; topsy-turvy; higgledy-piggledy.
A. biru. I. Blue, light blue, azure. Bunga
bir: a flower; clitorea ternatea.
Bunga chempaka b.: the Frangipani, plumiera
acutifolia; C. and S.
Seroja b.: the blue lotus; Ht. Gul. Bak., 79,
126. Tunjong b.: id.
Burong biru laut: the name of a bird of the
snipe family: limosa melanura, Cr.; linosa
cgocephala, C. and S.
B. lebami: deep purple-as the weals on a
boy's body after a thrashing; Ht. Abd., 158.
Ke-biru-biruwan: bluishness; Ht. Abd., 126.
II. Harn biru: uproar; confused noise,
meaningless noise, words without sense.
Besar-lah haru-biru: great was the uproar;
Ht. Abd., 248; Sej. Mal., go. Bukan-lah daripada orang haru-biru: he is not one of the
noisy class of individuals; Ht. Best.
Mengharu biru: to make a confused babel of
words-as a number of people all talking at
once.
Also hiru-biru; Sh. Lamp., 5.
III. Biru-biru: artificial folds in clothing;
Sej. Mal., 95.
o. birah. A name applied to various aroids,
chiefly wild.
B. ayer: aglaonema marantifolium.
B. hutan: cyrtosperma lasioides.
B. kechil: typhonium divaricatum.
B. keladi: colocasia antiquorum.
O bireh. A fence, an enclosure, the parapet round
a palace roof, the gunwale of a ship; Sej.
Mal., 163, I64. Also birai, Ht. Hg. Tuw. 92.,5A. birai. See bireh.
biri. Hind. I. Biri-biri: sheep. Saperti
kelakuwan biri-biri yang amat galak: like
threatening rams; Ht. Isk. Dz. Kambing
biri-biri: a sheep, in contradistinction to a

goat; Sh. Jur. Bud., 6.
II. Penyakit biri-biri: beri-beri. This word
is, however, only known through the English,
and only understood in the Settlements.

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