noun
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a piece of furniture standing on four legs with a flat rectangular surface to lay the bed and to sleep on; a couch; a cot.
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a structure of canvas, cloth, metal, etc. extended around the body, just above the opening of a chariot, palankeen, etc. either as a protection from the sun, rain, etc. or as a decorative piece; a kind of awning.
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a room in a house wih a couch to sleep on; a bed-room.
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an uncovred litter for carrying an idol of a deity, a venerable person etc. in procession or a covered litter, for one person to sit in, carried by poles on the shoulders of two or more men; a palankeen.