tṭai (p. 222) s. Hinderance, obstacle, impediment, interruption, விக்கினம். 2. Objection, விரோதம். 3. Mail, coat of mail, கவசம். 4. A check, whatever restrains or keeps things in their place, or prevents them from running off--as a linch pin, a catch. &c., பிடிப்பு. 5. A bar or bolt of a door or gate, a guard, watch, &c., அடைப்பு. 6. A weight to balance the vessel containing what is to be weighed, தடையம். (c.) தடைகட்ட, inf. To restrain, check, &c., by magical incantations--as a cobra. 2. To put the தடை weight in the scale. தடைசெய்ய, inf. To stop, to hinder, to restrain. 2. To confine, to arrest. தடைசொல்ல, inf. To object to, to protest against. தடைதீர்க்க--தடைநீக்க, inf. To clear away obstacles. தடைபட, inf. To be hindered, to be detained or retarded. தடைபண்ண--தடைபடுத்த, inf. To interpose obstacles, to hinder. 2. To arrest, to confine. 3. To stop, to exclude, as a porter. 4. To interdict possession --as a owner. தடைபோட, inf. To put a catch, a pin, a bolt, &c., to prevent a thing from falling. தடைமோதிரம், s. A narrow ring worn on the finger, as a defence to a larger. தடையற--தடையில்லாமல், [adverbially.] Freely, without hinderance, without objection, at liberty. தடையறுக்க, inf. To dissolve magic spells on fish, &c., by counter charms, &c., 2. To obviate or remove difficulties. தடையுண்ண, inf. To be hindered. தடைவிடுவிக்க, inf. To remove a check or restraint by magic spells. 21)