gunboat

[Eng. gun, and boat.] A small ve el of war, of light draught of water, carrying from one to four guns. gun-dạ, s . [Hind.,=four of anything; a knotted string tied round a child's neck as a charm.] Four. Used by the poorer natives of Madras, ., especially for four cowries. They are accustomed, in making their humble purchases, to place out their cowries in fours, or at least to estimate them in fours. ( Anglo - Indian .) "Five, nine, or twenty-one kowries, or as many gundas of them."-Herklots & Jasur Shurreef: Mu ulmans of India , p. 274. *gun-dě-lět, s. [GONDOLET.] gun-jah, s. [GANJAH.]