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one man is dead, another is in debt, and a
third has become the slave of a raja (for nonpayment of a fine).
II. To glide or slip out of,-used of a knife
falling out of its sheath, etc. Melunchorkan
sampan ka-ayer: to shove a boat into the sea;
to launch a boat.
Jy l6nchas. (Kedah.) A large species of hairy
caterpillar.
lonchos. Sharp smoothness; tapering
smoothly to a point; forming a smooth cone;
sharp as the bows of a boat; bare of obstruction; (by extension) bare generally, naked.
Sebab miskin badan ku lonchos;
Jikalau ada, tettu bersalut:
through poverty my body is left naked; had
I anything, I would surely be cloaked.
lunchas. Missing the mark, failing to hit.
Also (Selangor) uIchas.. lanchang. I. [Port. lanchao.] A Malay
war-vessel; a ship built for speed and fighting;
Sh. Put. Ak., 20; Sej. Mal., 38; Ht. Koris;
Ht. Gul. Bak., 92; Ht. Si Misk., 25.
Siyapkan ianchang nagasari
Hendak mtembawa adinda puteri
Bermain di-laut duwa tiga hari:
get ready my ship, the "nagasari," to take my
love, the princess, for a two or three days'
pleasure trip to sea; Sh. A. R. S. J., 3.
Bergelut 1.: to race these boats; to hold a
regatta for light cruising-craft; Ht. Ind. Meng.
The name lanchang is now applied to all the
model ships which are launched with sacrificial offerings to propitiate the demons of the
sea; = (in the towns) kapal hantu. These
models are of no particular type, even steamers
being sometimes imitated.
Batu 1.: the money (three small coins) placed
as an offering in onle of these sacrificial boats.
II. Running ahead, running before another;
dashing forward or anticipating; Cr., Hist. Ind.
Arch., II., 102. Mdlanchang: to have gone
forward too fast; to have outstripped the rest.
_s lanching. Jav. Trowsers worn by Javanese
males. Lanchingan: id.; Ht. Mas. Ed. Berlanching: to wear trowsers (of some pattern
or another), e.g., berlanching gerengseng wayang
(Ht. Sh., Ht. Perb. Jaya); berlanching ramllbti
hahls (Ht. Sh.); etc.

\ lanchong. False, counterfeit; debased, of
currency. Supaya tiyada buleh aku terke-na eimas
atau perak lanchongan: so that I may not be
taken in by counterfeit gold or silver; Ht.
Abd., 25.

d lnchong. Ml1enchong: to deviate from the
straight path; to edge towards the right or
left; to incline or swerve to one or other side
of the road.
A! lunchang. The point of the rice-pounder
(alu); v. d. W.
S lanchap. Slipping down easily, of food;. smooth and unobstructed, of a surface. Menara mas lanchap terlalu: a smoothly cylindrical
minaret of gold; Ht. Gul. Bak., I05. Cf.
lonchos.,..J lanchip and lunchip. Variants of lanchap:
~ smooth, cylindrical.
lanchok. (Kedah.) A swampy bit of ground;
a muddy pool; a large puddle. I Cf. lanyau.,.; lonchok. To give a push to an object floating
in water; to send some object across a stream
by setting it afloat and then giving it a push
so as to drive it to the other side, as is done
with a light object which a fall might injure
but to which a wetting would do no harm.
lenchun or (Kedah) linchun. Saturation
t with liquid; dripping wet. Lenchun basah kain
sutira: the silk sarong is dripping wet.

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linchin. Smooth, slippery; a variant of
lichin, q. v.
lenchah or linchah. Restlessness; fidgety
motion. Terlenchah-lenchah: constantly
moving; restless; Sh. Panj. Sg..2 landa. I. Melanda: to push or force one's
way through anything; to force an entrance
or passage. Naik ka-rumah hMndak mnelanda:
to go up to the house to force one's way
into it; Sh. Peng., I7.
II. Melanda emas: to wash for gold; alluvial
gold mining.:.J. lndat. Trampled down; bent this way and
that, as undergrowth over which a wild beast
has passed.
J^ lendut. Bowed down; "giving" under one,
as a bridge; bent or bowed, as a horizontal
lath or rope between two supports.
landar. Beronok landar: a sea-worm; haplodactyla molpadisides.. i 16nder or lndir. Slime; slimy, greasy; viscous and sticky; greasy matter of any sort
exuded from trees or from the body in certain
dise-ases; Ht. Abd., 297, 304; Muj., 50.
Kachang l.: the okra or beni fruit; hibiscus
esculentus; Hay. Haiw.
Makan hdsil 1.: (Penang) to live on the
earnings of the prostitution of others.
I E.g.:
Umpan ikan tahan minmrang,
Tahan di-lanchok hutan bakau; etc.