kuṭai (p. 117) கிறேன், ந்தேன், வேன், ய, v. a. To scoop; to work out a hollow; to bore a tube--as a turner, கடைய. 2. To perforate or from holes--as beetles in wood, துளைக்க. 3. To work in flowers, to gather honey, pollen, &c.-- as insects, தாதுகுடைய. 4. To wash, bathe in water; lit. to scoop out tank, குளிக்க. 5. To produce a tingling pain or itching in the body, ears, &c.; to work or gnaw--as worms; to cause smarting, &c.--as caustic on a sore, நோவுபடுத்த. 6. (fig.) To annoy, to cause great grief, heart-breaking, மனதைவருத்த. குடைந்தெடுக்க, inf. To excavate, to scoop out. குடைந்துபோட, inf. To eat--as a canker. 2. To scoop out; to hollow; to excavate. குடைந்துகொண்டிருக்க, inf. To ache in the limbs or bones. 2. To gnaw, corrode; to eat by degrees. குடைகரி, s. A concave piece of charcoal for melting very small piece gold or silver. குடைவண்டு, s. Perforating beetles, ஓர்வண்டு. காதுகுடைய--காதைக்குடைய, inf. To clear the ears of wax. 2. To have itching or tingling pain in the ears. நீர்குடைய--சுனைகுடைய, inf. To bathe. (p.) குடைதல், v. noun. Excavation, தோண் டல். 2. A washing, குளித்தல். குடைவு, s. Hollow, a cavity, குகை. 2. v. noun. Excavation, &c. குடைச்சல், v. noun. [prop. குடைதல்.] Pain imagined to resemble scooping. கைகால்குடைச்சல், v. noun. Pain in the arms and legs. குலைக்குடைச்சல், v. noun. Pains in certain arthritical diseases. 15)