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CHACHAT

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CHADAR

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c:. chachat. A flaw; a defect; a small imperfection which detracts from what would
otherwise be a perfect whole; the point in
which anything falls short of the ideal.
Ch. chedera (Ht. Gul. Bak., 44; Sh. Sg.
Kanch., 38), or simply chachat: a slight
injury which makes a person or object differ,
however infinitesimally, from his, her or its
condition before the injury occurred. Dibawa uleh Koris Mengitndra kaluwar dari padang
api itu, suwat punt tiyada apa chachat-nya:
she was borne from the burning plain by
Koris Mengindra without the slightest trace
of injury-or, more idiomatically, without a
hair of the head being injured; Ht. Koris.. -. chachar. I. An eruptive disease; a skin
eruption, such as measles, chicken-pox or
small-pox; cf. ketumbohan, from tumboh, q. v.
Ch. ayer: a light eruption such as chicken-pox.
II. Metnchachar: to dash about wildly from
side to side, as a fugitive who loses his presence of mind from fear of his pursuer.
III. Abasing; a charm for bringing to submission; also chacha and chachah.... chachang. Ch. laya4': an aquatic herb with
blue flowers, monochoria hastcefolia..i> chaching. A worm; an earthworm; the
generic name for worms. Kena chaching: to
suffer from worms in the intestines. Sa-ekor
chaching mvenelan naga: a worm has swallowed
a dragon; an unequal marriage, or improper
triumph of the mean over the great; Prov.,
Ht. Abd., 408. Chaching mtejadi ular naga:
a worm has become a dragon; a man of low
position and intelligence suddenly attaining
a position of importance; a beggar on horseback; Prov., Ht. Abd., 4. Saperti chaching
kena ayer panas: like a scalded worm; writhing under misfortune; Prov., J. S. A. S., XI.,
60.
Ch. asal: an intestinal worm the issue of
which from the body is believed to forebode
death.
Ch. besar: a large white worm occasionally
passed in stools.
Ch. gelang-gelang: a large red worm which is
believed to make a noise like a cricket.
Ch. kerawit or ch. kertzwit: intestinal worms
in children.
CA. minyak: cheese mites.
Ch. pipeh: the tapeworm.
Ch. rambu: worms in ulcers; maggots in
sores.

Ch. roman, ch. rumi and ch. susu: different
forms of intestinal worms.
\tg> chachap. A wash to make the hair glossy;
a hair-restorer.

- ~. chachak. I. The act of fixing or planting
anything in the ground or in a hole or rest so
as to give it an upright or erect position.
Di-chachak-fnya kayu kiri kanan kandang itu
rapat-rapat: they planted rows of stakes to the
right and left of the enclosure, each stake
being close to the next; Ht. Abd., 72. Terchachak bagai letmbeng tergadai: stuck up
straight like a spear in pawn,-of a man looking uncomfortable and out of touch with those
around him; Prov., J. S. A. S., III., 28.
Masok terchachak, chabut terkulai: rigid when
you put it on, loose when you take it off (a
coat); Riddle.
Ranjan ch.: bamboo splinters or spikes used
in a pitfall to injure or kill any animal caught
in it.
Chachak lari: (slang) hasty secret flight; the
disappearance of a defaulter. Cf. chabut lari,
which, however, does not convey the idea
of secrecy.
II. Burong chachak; the name of a very
small bird; C. and S.
\>. chachil. Small, relatively to the purpose or
object for which anything is intended, as a
horse which, however much above the average
height, is smaller than another horse with
which it is intended to be driven in double
harness; too small.... chachau. Confusion, as the result of bad
management on one's own part; throwing
one's work into disorder by bad management; muddled; confused in one's acts or
language; cf. kachau (which refers to one's
work being confused by another person's
interference).
Pe-nchachau: a charm or incantation for
making a man give confused or contradictory
evidence in a Court of Justice.
b. chachah. I. The pricking of a pattern, e.g.,
on bread, pastry or fruit; design by puncture
or tattooing-as distinct from painting or
carving. Berchachah: tattooed; Pel. Abd., 24.
Cf. chacthak.
II. A charm to bring about submission;
see chacha I.
III. Jav. Enumeration; census.
IV. Jav. Chopping, mincing; Ht. Sh.. chachi. Kaytu cl.: a small piece of wood? fitting into a loop at the outer extremity of
the boom and used when it is desired to roll
up the sail on the boom. Tali penchachi: the
rope forming this loop; a loop at the point
where the sail meets the outer extremity of
the boom. Also achi-achi..)b chadar. [Hind. chaddar; Pers. chadir.] A
) veil, rug or shawl made of some coarse
material. Put ri itu mnemakai chadar; maka
tiyada-lah mudah (nmelihat muka-nya): the
princess wore a shawl and it was not easy (to
see her face); Ht. Al., 13... - - - I