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▪ I. ‖ tindal1 E. Ind.|ˈtɪndəl|
[ad. Malayālam taṇḍal, Telugu taṇḍelu, also Hindūstānī taṇḍēl, chief or head man of a body of men.]
1. A native petty officer of lascars, on board ship, or in the ordnance department; also the foreman of a gang of labourers on public works (Yule); a boatswain; a foreman.
1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 107 The Captain is called Nucquedah, the Boatswain Tindal. 1778R. Orme Hist. Milit. Trans. II. ix. 339 One Tindal, or corporal of the Lascars. 1800Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1844) I. 93 A detachment of gun lascars, consisting of 1 tindal and 20 lascars. 1803R. Percival in Naval Chron. X. 26 Each of the boats carries..a tindal, or chief boat-man, who acts as pilot. 1848tr. Hoffmeister's Trav. Ceylon, etc. x. 343 The ‘Tindal’, or superintendent of the coolies, was dismissed. 1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 23 Our Tindal jumped out on the bank, on which was not four feet water.
2. A personal attendant: see quots.
1859Lang Wand. India 36 Almost every one who visits the Hills keeps a servant called a tindal. His duty is to look after the men who carry your janpan, to go errands, to keep up the fire. Ibid. 40 My tindal aroused me at eleven, and informed me that a young man wished to see me.
▪ II. † tindal2 Obs.
See quots.
1859Sala Tw. round Clock 22 [At Billingsgate] Sprats are sold on board the ships by the bushel. A ‘tindal’ is a thousand bushels of sprats. 1863Simmonds Dict. Trade Suppl., Tindal, a thousand bushels of sprats. |