The practice of betel chewing is not confined to the men, for the few women whom we had seen alongside the ship in Coral Haven, had their teeth blackened by it.
He showed me the mode of using the betel, which, as practised by these people has this peculiarity, that the leaf of the siri or betel pepper is not employed, as is universally the case among the Malays.
Still betel chewing, although a very general habit, is by no means universally practised, for many elderly people retained the original whiteness of the teeth.
All our visitors had their teeth darkened with the practice of betel chewing--we saw them use the leaf of the betel pepper, the green areca nut, and lime, the last carried in a small calabash with a spatula.
Ala, boys if you go home now, return soon for we are going to chew betel nut.
Their finger rings exchange themselves, while their betel quids turn to agate beads and arrange themselves in lines--a sign of relationship.
He causes betel trees to grow, then cuts the nuts into bits and scatters them on the ground.
As soon as she told her name she disappeared and went to hide among the betel nuts on the branch of a tree.
When the Tomori of Central Celebes are about to plant the rice, they bury in the field some betel as an offering to the spirits who cause the rice to grow.
He lays down a quid of betel before a stake which is cut in a particular way to represent the Lord of the Wood, and having done so he prays to the spirit to signify his consent or refusal.
They are shut up in the house, touch no raw flesh, and chewbetel over which an incantation has been uttered by the exorcist.
The woman cleared away the remains of their meal, and took out some betel chews and commenced to roll them, while the child slept behind the purdah.
Still Mah May sat, no matter what the season, rolling her cheroots, cutting betel chews, and crooning some little song to herself.
When the wife of a Braman is in the family way, as soon as the husband knows it he cleans his teeth, and eats no more betel nor trims his beard, and fasts until his wife gives birth to her child.
They were found residing in a neat little brick house, situated in a small garden of areca and betel plants; the latter being generally twined round the smooth round trunk of the areca-tree.
On these occasions, the bridegroom takes with him the inevitable betel leaves, and presents a new cloth to the parents of the bride and every one else in the house.
They are then presented with betel leaves and areca nuts and four annas tied in a cloth, and the approaching marriage is announced.
This ceremony concluded, the son places a ball of rice at each corner of the grave, together with betel and money.
Four betel leaves are given to the bridegroom, who goes round the dais, and salutes the four cardinal points of the compass by pouring water from a leaf.
Betel and a fanam (coin) are placed in the bride's lap.
The Thandan gets as his perquisite four annas out of the fine imposed, four packets of betel leaf, eight areca nuts, and three tobacco leaves.
The applicant presents him with betel nuts, fruit, flowers, and money.
They are then bathed, and, taking betel in their hands, bow to the four corners of the earth.
The Brahmin finished his dvadasi breakfast, in great haste, and, with the betel leaf still in his hand, ran to the gate to inquire of the persons seated by the caldron whether it was all done.
The three thieves, glorying in their victory, and little understanding the meaning of the song and the intentions of the dancers, were proudly seated chewing betel and tambak (tobacco).
The servants placed the baskets before the master and stood outside the house, while Chandralekha took the dish of betel leaves, nuts, &c.
Now redness of the tongue after chewing betel is always an indication of the mutual affection of a husband and wife among the illiterate of Hindu society.
It is the custom amongst widows to use betel leaves instead of plates.
The bridegroom arrives at night at the bride's house with a cloth covering his head, and an elaborately embroidered bag containing betel and nut slung from his shoulder.
A blanket is spread on the floor, and on this raw rice is placed in a cloth, with betel leaves arranged in the form of a lotus at the four corners.
The Pedda Madiga has to lift, at one try, a tray containing cocoanuts and betelwith his right hand.
Betel nut and leaf are ground and put into the mouth, whilst the priest puts the namam (the mark of Vishnu) upon both the forehead of the corpse and of the bearers.
In the case of the Malasars of the plains, the widow chews betel leaf and areca nuts, and spits the betel over the eyes and neck of the corpse.
The two headmen discuss the proposed match, and exchange betel and nut thrice.
The cuttings are placed, along with a quarter of a rupee which he has kept in his mouth during the process, in an old winnowing tray, with a little lamp made of rice, betel and grain.
In the Tanjore district, the Labbais are largelybetel vine cultivators, and are called Kodikkalkaran (betel vine people).
After distributing betel to every one in the village, even unborn babies being counted, the ceremony ends, and, after the usual feast has been partaken of, the people all depart to their various homes.
On a blanket spread near the kumbam, 2 1/2 measures of rice, a tali or bottu, one cocoanut, betel leaf and camphor are placed.
Buyo is the name given in the Philippines to the preparation of betel suitable for chewing.
Then, as they were again talking together after the termination of the morning prayer, the confidante of Padmavati came in with betel and cooked food in her hand.
Since he is your friend, he is my brother, and I must always honour him before all others with gifts of betel and other luxuries.
And putting the betel into my mouth, I said to that dear companion of hers, "What can I say more than this, my good girl?
As they are Mahometans, wine and strong liquors professedly make no part of their entertainment, neither do they often indulge with them privately, contenting themselves with their betel and opium.
A lady scarcely ever goes out unattended by a slave, who carries her betel box, to which she very frequently has recourse.
Both sexes are enslaved by the hateful and pernicious habit of chewing betel and areca, which they contract even while they are children, and practise incessantly from morning till night.
Footnote 148: Besides opium, both beteland a sort of tobacco is much used by most people at Batavia.
They chew betel or smoke cigarettes incessantly; eat dry sago and a little salt fish; seldom sing while rowing, except when excited and wanting to reach a stopping-place, and do not talk a great deal.
The chief luxury of the Aru people, besides betel and tobacco, is arrack (Java rum), which the traders bring in great quantities and sell very cheap.
An old Bugis hadji regularly takes an evening stroll in all the dignity of flowing green silk robe and gay turban, followed by two small boys carrying his sirih and betel boxes.
The betel is, like tobacco, a narcotic stimulant, and causes giddiness in persons unaccustomed to it, excoriates the mouth, and is so burning that Western nations will be slow to adopt this Eastern habit.
This habit of chewing the betel nut is said to be almost universal among the Malayan races, all carrying a box containing the nut leaf and lime.
But the native is only chewing Betel nuts, which have the power of turning the saliva red.
The nuts are cut in pieces and rolled up with a little lime in leaves of theBetel pepper.
Areca palms also flourish and produce the betel nuts, which are in great demand for chewing with quick-lime and so constitute a source of wealth.
Betel is distributed, and a definite contract is made, on the supposition that a boy and girl will be born.
He ate beteland coloured his teeth; his beloved came from without and knew him.
He will dine, chew betel and smoke tobacco and enjoy a short midday rest.
A hole was dug in the ground, and the village watchman put in it the head of a sheep, a cocoanut, betel nuts, with leaves and flowers.
If thou givest the order I will worship them with betel nuts and sweetmeats.
When the French Mail arrived at Saigon, Ouk was able to replenish his supply of betel nut and sirra leaves, buying them from coolies in bobbing sampans, which sampans had been allowed to tie themselves to the other side of the steamer.
Chewing betelnut all day, their mouths a red, bloody gash across their faces.
There she was always waiting for him, while the Kling, her attendant, squatted chewing betel nut a little farther on.
At Singapore also he bought himself more betel nut and sirra leaves, but after leaving Singapore he was unable to replenish his stock, and consequently suffered.
They are mindless, gentle, squatting bare backed in the shade, chewing, spitting, betel nut.
He nodded in recognition of the salutes given him by groups of paroled prisoners, chewing betel nut under the trees.
But always, in the distance, with his back discreetly turned, sat her Kling guardian, the paroled prisoner, chewing betel nut.
Accordingly betel and areca nuts are set out for them.
Eat betel together with all that accompany you, all your friends and associates, and the long dead.
I may here add that the bamboo boxes used for the betel lime are ornamented with rectilinear patterns (scratched on their surfaces) which resemble those used in ornamenting the similar lime boxes of New Guinea, Borneo, and Sumatra.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "betel" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
