Meaning of कुली in English
- Same as Cooly.
- An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.
- of Coolie
- One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.
- A bar used as a lever.
- A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix.
- An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
- The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.
- One who lumps.
- A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.
- of Cully
- A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.
- A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire.
- A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar.
- A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities.
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