nekiẕu (p. 279) --நெகிழ், கிறது, நெகிழ்ந்தது, நெகிழும், நெகிழ. v. n. [also ஞெகிழ்.] To become loose, as a garment or bracelet, or as the earth by rain; also to grow lean and weak, தளர. 2. To slip off, as a garment, நழுவ. 3. To flow out, as tears from the eyes, or milk from the breast, பொசிய. 4. (சது.) To expand, to blossom, மலர. 5. To become liquified, to melt, உருக. 6. To relent, as the heart in pity, இளக. 7. To give way, to yield--as to the axe in cutting, or the hammer, in beating, அழுந்த. 4. To be forsaken, கைவிடப்பட. 9. To be reduced to powder, பொடியாக. 1. v. a. To forsake, விட்டுநீங்க. (c.) வஸ்திரம்நெகிழ்ந்தது. The garment has slipped down. நூன்முகம், s. Preface, introduction, முகவுரை. (சது.) 2. A literary or scientific work, as நூல். நூன்முகங்களிலேபழகினவன். One well learned in literary works. அதுநூன்முகத்திலேஅறியவேண்டும். It is to be known by reference to the book itself. நூன்முடிபு--நூன்முடிவு, v. noun. The object of a work, நூலினதுபொருணோக்கம். 16)