خستک ḵẖistak P. (for خشتک) s. f. Codpiece.

خنگ ḵẖing P 1. adj. White. 2. s. m. A white, greyish or cream-coloured horse, a steed.

خطوط ḵẖut̤ūt̤ A s. plur. of خط ḵẖat̤t̤, q. v.

خارا ḵẖārā P s. 1. A hard stone. 2. A kind of undulated silk-cloth. خاراشگاف ḵẖārā-shigāf, Stone-splitting.

خورنق ḵẖawarnaḳ A n. prop. A very lofty palace, which Nuﻌmān son of Munẕir built for Bahrām Gor, king of Persia.

خيشوم ḵẖaishūm A (from خشم) s. m. 1. The nose, the cartilaginous part of it. 2. Nasal let- ters. 3. The ridge or summit of a mountain.

خم ḵẖam P 1. adj. Twisted, crooked, coiled, curved, bowed. 2. s. m. A coil, fold, ply, curl, ringlet, bend, curve, crook, bending, crookedness. 3. That part of a noose which encircles the neck. خم اندر خم ḵẖam andar ḵẖam or خم در خم ḵẖam dar ḵẖam, Twist within twist, curly, curling locks. خم ٿهونکنا بجانا يا مارنا ḵẖam-ṭhonknā, -bajānā, or -mārnā, v. a. To strike the hand against the arms previous to wrestling, &c., to challenge (as wrestlers do). خم چم ḵẖam-cham, or خم و چم ḵẖam-o-cham, 1. s. m. Coquetry, blandishment of a mistress. 2. adj. Elegant, graceful. خم چوگان ḵẖam-i-chaugān, s. m. The bat or instrument with which the game of چوگان chaugān is played. خم دار ḵẖam-dār, adj. Twisted, curled, bent, crooked, curved.

خبث ḵẖubs̤ A s. m. Malice, malignity, perfidy, impurity.

خرفه ḵẖurfa P s. m. Purslain. (Portulaca ole- racea).

خندق ḵẖandaḳ A (from Pers. کنده kanda: Kā- mūs) s. m. f. A ditch, fosse, moat.