Again, "Kach, the country producing gum" (i.e. mukal or bdellium), p. 66.
The port mentioned in the next three extracts was probably Mandavi (this name is said to signify "Custom-House"); [manḍwī, 'a temporary hut,' is a term commonly applied to a bazaar in N. India].
1611.—"Cuts-nagore, a place not far from the River of Zinde."—Nic. Dounton, in Purchas, i. 307.
[1612.—"The other ship which proved of Cuts-nagana."—Danvers, Letters, i. 179.]
c. 1615.—"Francisco Sodre ... who was serving as captain-major of the fortress of Dio, went to Cache, with twelve ships and a sanguicel, to inflict chastisement for the arrogance and insolence of these blacks ("... pela soberbia e desaforos d'estes negros...."—"Of these niggers!"), thinking that he might do it as easily as Gaspar de Mello had punished those of Por."—Bocarro, 257.
[c. 1661.—"Dara ... traversing with speed the territories of the Raja Katche soon reached the province of Guzarate...."—Bernier, ed. Constable, 73.]
1727.—"The first town on the south side of the Indus is Cutch-naggen."—A. Hamilton, i. 131; [ed. 1744].
CUTCH GUNDAVA, n.p. Kachchh Gandāva or Kachchī, a province of Biluchistan, under the Khan of Kela't, adjoining our province of Sind; a level plain, subject to inordinate heat in summer, and to the visitation of the simūm. Across the northern part of this plain runs the railway from Sukkur to Sibi. Gandāva, the chief place, has been shown by Sir H. Elliot to be the Kandābīl or Kandhābel of the Arab geographers of the 9th and 10th centuries. The name in its modern shape, or what seems intended for the same, occurs in the Persian version of the Chachnāmah, or H. of the Conquest of Sind, made in A.D. 1216 (see Elliot, i. 166).
CUTCHA, KUTCHA, adj. Hind. kachchā, 'raw, crude, unripe, uncooked.' This word is with its opposite pakkā (see [PUCKA]) among the most constantly recurring Anglo-Indian colloquial terms, owing to the great variety of metaphorical applications of which both are susceptible. The following are a few examples only, but they will indicate the manner of use better than any attempt at comprehensive definition:—
| A cutcha | Brick is a sun-dried brick. | A pucka | Brick is a properly kiln-burnt brick. |
| " | House is built of mud, or of sun-dried brick. | " | House is of burnt brick or stone with lime, and generally with a terraced plaster roof. |
| " | Road is earthwork only. | " | Road is a Macadamised one. |
| " | Appointment is acting or temporary. | " | Appointment is permanent. |
| " | Settlement is one where the land is held without lease. | " | Settlement is one fixed for a term of years. |
| " | Account or Estimate, is one which is rough, superficial, and untrustworthy. | " | Account, or Estimate, is carefully made, and claiming to be relied on. |
| " | Maund, or Seer, is the smaller, where two weights are in use, as often happens. | " | Maund, or Seer, is the larger of two in use. |
| " | Major is a brevet or local Major. | " | Major, is a regimental Major. |
| " | Colour is one that won't wash. | " | Colour, is one that will wash. |
| " | Fever is a simple ague or a light attack. | " | Fever, is a dangerous remittent or the like (what the Italians call pernizziosa). |
| " | Pice generally means one of those amorphous coppers, current in up-country bazars at varying rates of value. | " | Pice; a double copper coin formerly in use; also a proper pice (= ¼ anna) from the Govt. mints. |
| " | Coss—see analogy under Maund above. | " | Coss—see under Maund above. |
| " | Roof. A roof of mud laid on beams; or of thatch, &c. | " | Roof; a terraced roof made with cement. |
| " | Scoundrel, a limp and fatuous knave. | " | Scoundrel, one whose motto is "Thorough." |
| " | Seam (silāī) is the tailor's tack for trying on. | " | Seam is the definite stitch of the garment. |