s. m, small bit of cotton; a disease of cows; a hollowed gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris, Nat. Ord. Cucurbetaceæ) used by fakírs as a drinking vessel;—s. m. The Bottle Gourd, a large gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris, Nat. Ord. Cucurbitaceæ) cultivated throughout the Panjab plains. Its seeds are used medicinally, being given in headache. The hard outer covering is used for containing fluids after the removal of the pulp and seeds. Symptoms of poisoning have followed the use of beer which had stood in one of these flasks. The bitter pulp induces symptoms like those of cholera.