a round flat plate of bellmetal, used in the East as a bell to strike he hours upon

a gong for striking the hours on

in the medieval period, a type of time instrument, in which hour was played at a certain times, it was invented by Sultan Firoz Shah

show extreme ill-temper

be very angry, be surly, pounce upon

a narcotic den where addicts gather, an unkempt, disorderly place, house or room

chamberlain, steward

fall on one's back

house or hall for physical exercise, gymnasium

respond or react with violent anger

a house where people smoke

slaughterhouse, abattoir, butchery

expenditure exceeds the income

weak personality can have no hearing

waste-yard, junkyard, room where scrap or junk is stored, lumber-room

aviary, zoo

garage, carriage house

warden or superintendent of jail

officer in charge of artillery

an idle person

an enemy under the semblance of a friend

torture chamber

husband who lives off his wife's income