tṭvu (p. 221) கிறேன், தடவினேன், வேன், தடவ, v. a. and v. n. To stroke, embrace, fondle, to soothe, by patting or stroking, தடவர. 2. To grope, to feel one's way with the hands or feet as in the dark, to feel about, தெரியாமற்தடவ. 3. To anoint--as with liniment, to smear softly, to spread on lightly, எண்ணெய்முதலியதடவ. 4. To bedaub, besmear; to dirty, பூச. 5. To play on a lute with a bow, வீணைவாசிக்க. 6. To measure out very scantily, to strike off the measure too closely, முகந்தளந்துதடவ. 7. (fig.) To act, execute, or perform very slowly, மெதுவாகச்செய்ய. (c.) 8. [prov.] To make very thin pan-cakes, &c., பண்ணி காரந்தடவ. 9. (fig.) To wave in the air, as tops or branches of trees, or banners, as if feeling around, நுனியசைய,--Note. Stroking the back shows affection; the feet, submission; the face or chin, pity, affection, or supplication. தடவக்கொடுக்க, inf. to let one stroke the back. 2. [prov.] To yield too much, to be too submissive. தடவிக்கொடுக்க, inf. To stroke a person, beast, &c. 2. To give short measure. இருந்துதடவ, inf. To sit groping; from great age, blindness, &c. தடவிக்கொண்டுதிரிய, inf. To walk about groping. தடவியளக்க, inf. To measure scantily, with the measure. தட்டித்தடவிவர, inf. To come stumbling and groping. தாடியைத்தடவ, inf. To stroke the chin as supplicating favors. வீடெல்லாந்தடவிப்பார். Search for it all over the house. எல்லாந்தடவிக்கொண்டுபோய்விட்டான். He has scraped up all, and gone. அவனைத்தலைதடவிப்போட்டார்கள்.....They have stripped him of every thing. மரமெல்லாந்தடவிக்கொண்டுவந்துவிட்டான். He has climbed every tree; i. e. has plucked and brought away every thing. 73)

tṭṭl (p. 222) s. [prov. in cant numbers.] Five, ரு, குழுக்குறி. 2. A salver--as தட்டு. 3. v. noun. (c.) Scantiness, rareness, குறைவு. 4. Knocking, patting, தட்டுகை--Used in some of the meanings of தட்டு, v. noun. தட்டற்புலு, s. [prov.] Fifty, ஐம்பது. தட்டல்தடவல், v. noun. Knocking and groping; mean, poor, beggarly, scanty. என்பையிலேதட்டல்தடவலாயிருக்கிறது. There is very little in my purse. 30)

neruṭu (p. 280) s. Rubbing with the fingers, நிமிண்டுகை. 2. Rubbing or twisting two ends of yarn between the finger and thumb to join them, இழைப்பொருத்து. 3. Feeling, groping with the hands, தடவுகை. 4. Knots in cloth from the joinings of the yarn, நூல்நெருடு. 5. [com. நெரடு.] Knotty or abstruse as a passage which is obscure or difficult in construction, கருகல். 6. Rugged or difficult of utterance, from the collocation of certain letters, சொற்சங்கடம். 7. Indistinctness in writing, one stroke running into another, &c., மயக்கவெழுத்து. 8. Guile, deceit, intrigue, வஞ்சனை. (c.) நெருடன்--நெருடுள்ளவன், s. A deceitful, scheming man, வஞ்சகன். நெருடுள்ளபுடவை, s. Knotty cloth. நெருட்டுக்கருத்து, s. An abstruse idea. 2. Abstruse construction of a passage. நெருட்டுப்பாடல், s. [com. நெரடானபா ட்டு.] Abstruse poetry. நெருட்டுப்புத்தி, s. [com. நெரடானபுத் தி.] A guileful disposition, வஞ்சகபுத்தி. 2. Perverted intellect, a mind that takes a wrong course in reasoning, தாறுமாறான மனம்.] 4)