[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) › c10.539 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.539](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.539) \*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\*\*. - [Previous: c10.538](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.538) - [Next: c10.540](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.540) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.539](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.539) · Pramāṇa