kāvl (p. 105) s. Defence, protection, preservation, support, keeping, காப்பு. 2. Guard, restraint, அரண். (p.) 3. Surrounding wall, fortification, மதில். 4. A prison, a ward, hold, சிறைச்சாலை; [ex கா.] காவல்தானே பாவையர்க்கழகு. Chastity becomes a woman. காவலன், s. A protector, a guardian, காப்போன். 2. A king, அரசன். 3. A husband, கணவன். 4. One of a king's bodyguard, மெய்க்காப்பாளன். காவலாளர், s. Watchmen, sentinels, watchers, guards, காப்போர். காவலாளி, s. A keeper, a guard, காப் போன்.--Note. In Tinnevelly, this word is invariably used to signify a prisoner and not a watchman, which latter is called காவற்காரன். காவலிருக்க, inf. To be on guard, to keep watch, காவலாயிருக்க. 2. To wait or look, as for a person expected. காவலிலிருக்க, inf. To be in prison or captivity. காவலிலேபோட--காவலில்வைக்க, inf. To imprison. 2. To keep in the patrolhut till morning--as a person found straying during night. காவல்கட்டு, s. A strong guard. 2. Secure protection. 3. Rigid restraint. காவல்கட்டுப்பண்ண, inf. To set a strong guard. 2. To watch closely. 3. To keep young people, &c., in close restraint. 4. [prov.] To attend strictly to the diet of a sick person. காவல்காக்க, inf. To watch, guard, protect. 2. To be on guard, to act as sentries, watchmen, &c. 3. To defend the body by wearing armor, &c., or the head by oils, &c., against disease, which either has attacked the lower extremities, or indicates coma, &c. காவல்செய்ய, inf. To protect, to defend. 2. [prov.] To pass a straw-rope over a heap of corn in the field, or make with it diagrams on the ground, &c., to defend the grain from demons. 3. To place an image of Ganesa (being a handful of moist cow-dung) on the top of a heap of corn before winnowing, as a security from demons.--Note. If it is measured, it is deemed secure against their attack. காவல்பண்ண, inf. To protect, defend, take care of, watch over. 2. To nourish, cherish, provide for. 3. To imprison, to keep under guard, to confine. காவல்மாற, inf. To be relived, changed, &c.--as sentinels or a watch. காவல்மாற்ற, inf. To relieve guard, change watchmen, sentinels, &c. காவல்முறை, s. Turns in watching. காவல்மேரை, s. Share of grain given to the watchman of a village from the thrashing floor. காவல்விட, inf. To release from watching, guarding, &c. காவற்கடவுள்--காவற்பெருமான், s. Vishnu, as the preserver of the world, விஷ்ணு. காவற்கட்டு, s. [prov.] A bundle of paddy sheaves for the watchman. காவற்கட்டை, s. [prov.] A fire-brand kept burning to ward off the female demon கொற்றி from a woman in child-birth, when exposure is greater than at other times. 2. A clump of wood kept burning through the night near a patrol-hut. காவற்கப்பல், s. A reconnoitring vessel, a guard-ship. காவற்காடு, s. A jungle or forest defence, காட்டாண். 2. A reserved forest. காவற்காரர், s. Watchmen, sentinels, a patrol, காப்போர். காவற்கூடம்--காவற்சாலை--காவல்ஸ்த லம், s. A guard-room; a prison-house. காவற்புரி, s. [prov.] A straw-rope thrown over the heap of corn in the field to defend it from demons. அருங்காவல், s. A very strict or powerful guard. தலைக்காவல், s. The main guard. தூக்கிரிக்காவல், s. An overseer of a village. மெல்லுயிர்க்குங்காவல், s. A support or cordial to the languishing mind. 28)

tuṟai (p. 251) s. Any passage to, into, or across water--as the entrance to a tank, pond or river, a ford or ferry; a watering place for cattle; a place for bathing or for washing clothes, நீர்த்துறை. 2. A sea-port, harbor, road-stead, இறங்குதுறை. 3. Way, path, thoroughfare, passage for men or beasts, வழி. 4. Frequented place, a place of meeting, a rendezvous, சபைகூடுமிடம். 5. Place, location, situation, space, position, as ஆயத்துறை, வண்ணாரத்துறை, இடம். 6. A resource, resort, shelter, place of refuge, ஒதுங்குமிடம். (c.) 7. River, ஆறு. 8. One of the three-fold subdivisions of any of the four classes of verse, கலித்துறை. (See பாவினம்.) 9. A branch, scope or extent of science, நூற்றுறை. 1. Any theme in love poetry, அகப்பொருட்டுறை. (p.) துறைகாட்ட, inf. To show a method. துறைகாண, inf. To find a port, haven, harbor. 2. To find a way, means or method to do or complete a thing. துறைகண்டவன்விடுவானா. Will one who has discovered the way (to his master's treasure), forsake it? துறைகாரர், s. [prov.] Agents, accountants. and other servants of a temple. துறைக்காவல், s. [prov.] Watch or guard; a guard-ship. துறைத்தோணி, s. A ferry boat. துறைநியாயம், s. Laws of love poetry. துறைநெருங்கிவர, inf. To direct the course to a port. துறைபிடிக்க, inf. To touch at a port; to gain the haven, &c. 2. To find out means, expedients, உபாயந்தேட. துறைபேர, inf. To leave port. துறைபோக, inf. To acquire a thorough knowledge of a science, &c. 2. To attain one's end. துறைபேச்சு, s. Vernacular or vulgar language, சொந்தப்பேச்சு. (R.) பறையைப் பள்ளிக்குவைத்தாலுந் துறைப்பேச்சுப் போமா?. Will a low man forget his vulgor language, even when placed at school? துறைமாற, inf. To mistake the proper course. துறைமுகம், s. The entrance to a port, haven or harbor. (c.) 2. A passage or thoroughfare. துறைமுகக்குத்தகை, s. [prov.] Rent of a ferry. துறையடுக்கப்பிடிக்க, inf. [prov.] To sail toward a port, to anchor in or near the harbor. துறையறிந்துநிற்க, inf. To find a suitable place, and proper persons; to become settled. 2. To know the proper course as to one's religion, caste, profession, &c., and adhere to it. துறைவல்லோர், s. (plu.) The learned, கற்றோர். (சது.) துறைவன், s. A chief of a maritime district, நெய்தனிலத்தலைவன். (சது.) 26) *