Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.539
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.539
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*Purchas* also has *Vraca* and other forms, and at i. 648 there is mention of a stark kind of spirit called *Rack-ape* (Malay *āpi* ‘fire’). See **FOOL’S RACK**.