[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) › c10.177 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.177 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.177 - **Language:** English ### [c10.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.177) 1665.—"As it (the idol) was too deformed, they made hands for it of the small pearls which we call 'pearls by the ounce.'"—\*Tavernier\*, ed. Ball, ii. 228.\] - [Previous: c10.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.176) - [Next: c10.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.178) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.177) · Pramāṇa