Betel and pawn, a mixture for chewing, frequently offered in politeness, as snuff with us.
He will dine, chew betel and smoke tobacco and enjoy a short midday rest.
The idea that betel preserves the teeth seems to be unfounded.
The princess, delighted at heart, but concealing her feelings, motioned to the prince to sit down near her, and gave him betel, flowers, perfumes, etc., through one of her attendants.
Left: a dancer with a sheaf of areca blossom wrapped in a betel leaf.
I remember very clearly that my grandmother had a hundred-rupee note hidden between the betel leaves that she had put into her mouth.
In all dances where deities were invoked, the dancers carried a dlmur, a sheaf of areca blossom wrapped with a betel leaf, in their right hands (left).
