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‖ bheesty, bheestie|ˈbiːstɪ|
Also 8– beasty, 9 beestie.
[Urdū bhīstī, a. Pers. bihishtī, f. bihisht paradise; prob. of jocular origin.]
In India, the servant who supplies an establishment with water, which he carries in a skin slung on his back.
1781India Gaz. 24 Nov. (Y.) With the loss of only 1 sepoy, 1 beasty, and a cossy. 1810T. Williamson Vade-Mec. I. 229 (Y.) If he carries the water himself in the skin of a goat,..he then receives the designation of Bheesty. 1859Lang Wand. Ind. 63 Jehan, the bheestie's daughter, was a virtuous girl. 1883W. Baxter Winter in Ind. ii. 22 Bheesties pressing water out of their pigskins to lay the dust. |