[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.121 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.121 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.121 - **Language:** English ### [c10.121](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.121) \*\*AGUN-BOAT\*\*, s. A hybrid word for a steamer, from H. \*agan\*, ‘fire,’ and Eng. \*boat\*. In Bombay \*Ag-bōt\* is used. 1853.—“ . . . \*Agin boat\*.”—\*Oakfield\*, i. 84. - [Previous: c10.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.120) - [Next: c10.122](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.122) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.121](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.121) · Pramāṇa