a small town of Hindustan, province of Cutch, on the Gulf of Cutch, from which place it is distant twenty-three miles to the north. This town stands on a rising ground on the road from Luckput Bunder to Mundavie, and is defended by a castle. It is populous and flourishing, and the surrounding country is tolerably well cultivated.

SUBTRACTION, or Subtraction, in Arithmetic, the second rule, or rather operation, in arithmetic, whereby we deduct a less number from a greater, to learn their precise difference.

SUBTANGENT or A CURVE, the line that determines the intersection of a tangent with the axis, or that determines the point wherein the tangent cuts the axis prolonged.