See also:

• PALANQUIN (pronounced palankeen, a form in which it is sometimes spelled)

PALANQUIN (pronounced palankeen, a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form in which it is sometimes spelled)  , a covered See also:

• LITTER (through O. Fr. litere or litiere, mod. litiere from Med. Lat. lectaria, classical lectica, lectus, bed, couch)

litter used in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and other Eastern countries . It is usually some eight feet See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long by four feet in width and See also:

• DEPTH

depth, fitted with movable blinds or shutters, and slung on poles carried by four bearers . See also:

• INDIAN

Indian and See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese See also:

• WOMEN

women of See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank always travelled in See also:

• PALANQUIN (pronounced palankeen, a form in which it is sometimes spelled)

palanquin, and they were largely used by See also:

• EUROPEAN

European residents in India before the See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . The norimono of See also:

• JAPAN

Japan and the kiaotsu of See also:

• CHINA

China differ from the Indian palanquin only in the method of attaching the poles to the See also:

• BODY

body of the See also:

• CONVEYANCE

conveyance . The word came into European use through See also:

• PORT

Port. palanquim, which represents an See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indian word seen in several forms, e.g . See also:

• MALAY

Malay and Javanese palangki, See also:

• HINDOSTANI
• HINDOSTANI (properly Hindustani, of or belonging to Hindostan')

Hindostani palki, See also:

• PALI

Pali pallanko, &c., all in the sense of litter, See also:

• COUCH, DARIUS NASH (1822-1897)

couch, See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed . The Sansk. paryanka, couch, bed, the source of all these words, is derived from See also:

• PARR
• PARR, CATHERINE (1512-1548)
• PARR, SAMUEL (1747-1825)
• PARR, THOMAS (c. 1483—1635)

parr, See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round, about, and anka, See also:

• HOOK, JAMES CLARKE (1819-1907)
• HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD (1788-1841)
• HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR (1798-1875)

hook . The Nev rEnglish See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary points out the curious resemblance of these words with the Latin use of phalanga (Gr . ¢,aAayE) for a bearing or carrying See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole, whence the Span. palanca and palanquino, a See also:

• BEARER

bearer .