Definitions:
" a stroke on the palm of the hand with a tawse, ruler, or rod, given as a punishment to children in schools.

a sepoy; specifically a sepoy participating in the mutiny of 1857–8.

attributive and in the genitive. designating a test for the presence of globulins in cerebrospinal fluid, in which the protein is precipitated by a dilute aqueous solution of phenol (or one of several other reagents); chiefly in ""pandy('s) test"".

to strike or beat (a person, especially a schoolchild) on the palm of the hand with a tawse, ruler, cane, etc., as a punishment.

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