s. f, Corrupted from the Sanskrit word Mákhishká. Fly; a bee; the sights of a gun:—makkhí chús, s. m. lit. One who would suck a fly rather than lose any of the liquor into which it fell; a miser, a skinflint:—makkhí te makkhí márná, v. n. lit. To kill flies; to copy every mistake exactly, or a blot in the original:—makkhíáṇ baiṭhe márná, v. a. To brush away the flies, to do no work, to be idle:—makkhíáṇ bhinkṉá, v. n. To buzz (flies); to be disgusting, to be ugly:—jíuṇdí makkhí nigalṉá, v. n. To bring evil on oneself; to tell great lies:—nakk utte makkhí ná baiṭhṉe deṉí, v. a. lit. Not allow a fly to sit on one's nose; to shrink from incurring obligation; to be proud and conceited.