Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12836
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12836
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c. 1676.—“At the mine of *Soumelpour* in Bengala, they weigh by Rati’s, and the Rati is seven eighths of a Carat, or three grains and a half.”—*Tavernier*, E.T. ii. 140; [ed. Ball, ii. 89].