kavacam (p. 97) s. Armor, mail, a jacket or coat-of-mail, சட்டை. 2. An incantation repeated for defence, ஓர்மந்திரம். An amulet, a charm worn as a defence from evil, phylactery, spell, காப்பு. 4. The mystical syllable hum, forming part of a mantra and considered as a preservative or armor inscribed or carried about the person as a charm, மந்திரத்தினோருறுப்பு. (p.) 5. (c.) A lute, a clayey composition with which chemists close vessels, சீலைமண். Wils. p. 24. KAVACHA. 6. A medicinal composition, used as a cover for medicines for reducing them to ashes,மருந்துக்கவசம். கவசகுண்டலன், s. The king கன் னன்-- said to have been born with a coat-of-mail and ear-rings, கவசத்தோடுங்கு ண்டலத்தோடும்பிறந்தகன்னன். கவசங்கட்ட, inf. To bind or restrain malignant deities, &c., by repeating the defensive incantations, as the initiatory part of the daily worship, in order to prevent their depriving the worshipper of the benefit, &c., மந்திரத்தினாற் காவற்பண்ண. 2. To cover or overspread with loam or clay, to lute, சீலையால்வாய் கட்ட. கவசந்தரிக்க, inf. To put on a coatof-armor. கைக்கவசம், s. A gauntlet, an iron glove used for defence. மெய்க்கவசம், s. A jacket, a coatof-mail. மார்க்கவசம், s. A breast-plate. தோட்கவசம், s. A leathern jacket. 3)

tṭu (p. 222) க்கிறேன், த்தேன், ப்பேன், க்க, v. a. To hinder, to stop, to prohibit, to interrupt, தடைசெய்ய. 2. To ward off, to avert, to prevent, விலக்க. 3. To check, to baffle, to rebuff, தட்ட. 4. To curb, to limit, to restrain, to restrict, அடக்க. 7. To oppose, to contradict, to interdict; to rebut, to repel, எதிர்க்க. 8. To frustrate, to thwart, குலைக்க. 9. To adjure, to hinter by oath, ஆணையிட. 1. To resist, to withstand, மறுக்க. 11. To forbid, as an ill omen, தவிர்க்க. 12. To dissuade, மறிக்க. 13. To hinder by magic, as the catching of birds, fishes, &c., or hitting a mark, மந்திரத்தாற் றடுக்க. 14. To detain, தாமதப்படுத்த. 15. To staunch blood, &c., இரத்தந்தடுக்க. (c.) தடுத்துமேலுமிவ்வுருவமாயினும்பெறல்சற்றல். To put off, and then obtain this body again is not easy. (வயிரா.) கால்தடுக்கிவிழுந்தான். He tripped and fell. தடுக்கல், v. noun. A stumbling block; an impediment. தடுக்கிநிற்க, inf. To stop in a course. தடுத்தாட்கொள்ள, inf. To hinder in a bad course and reclaim; to reform; commonly used in prayer. தடுத்தாள, inf. To check a soul in its evil tendencies, as, to transmigration, &c., and bring it to bliss; to overrule, as divine grace, for the benefit of the soul. தடுத்துச்சொல்ல, inf. To contradict, to retort, to refuse. தடுத்துப்போட, inf. To hinder, to resist. 2. To make a partition wall. தடுத்துவைக்க, inf. To put off, to postpone; to interdict. தடுபடை, s. A defensive weapon. (p.) 16)