bheestie

( 'bheestie') is a Mohammedan, but it is said that the reason of that is, that the Hindoo's religion does not allow him to touch the skin of dead kine, and that is what the water-sack is made of; it would defile him.

Following the Equator, Part 5 Mark Twain 1872

( 'bheestie') is a Mohammedan, but it is said that the reason of that is, that the Hindoo's religion does not allow him to touch the skin of dead kine, and that is what the water-sack is made of; it would defile him.

Following the Equator Mark Twain 1872

One exterior window on the windward side of the bungalow was filled with a thick mat of dried and odorous _kuskus_ grass, against which every quarter of an hour the _bheestie_ threw water to wet it thoroughly so that the hot breeze that swept over the burning sand outside might enter cooled by the evaporation of the water.

The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly

He has mentioned a case in which a large catfish jumped into the mouth of a Madras bheestie.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

I dared not go to the window now, for I knew I was right; and it was impossible for me to be aware of how much I might be watched, while a look might be sufficient, if exchanged between me and the bheestie, to draw suspicion to him, and cause his immediate death.

Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East George Manville Fenn 1870

But it was all evident enough, as I could make out by their gestures: the second bheestie asked the first what was the matter, and this man told him that some one had taken aim with a piece of steel, which he passed on, and struck him on the back.

Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East George Manville Fenn 1870