dak
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Noun (1)
- East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dyeSynonyms: dhakpalasButea frondosaButea monosperma
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Dak \Dak\ (d[add]k or d[aum]k), n. [Hind. [dsdot][=a]k.] Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk. [India] [1913 Webster]
Dak boat, a mail boat. --Percy Smith.
Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the end of a dak stage.
To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquins or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.