kārāmayam (p. 104) s. The evils of imprisonment, the sufferings of prison, சிறைச்சாலைத் துன்பம்; [காரா prison, et ஆமயம்.] 114)

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)

ciṟai (p. 189) s. A captive, a slave, அடிமை யானவள். 2. Captivity, slavery, bondage, incarceration, அடிமைத்தனம். 3. Guard, defence, safe-guard, watch, காவல். 4. Confinement, restraint, binding, தடை. 5. A beautiful but loose woman, விபசாரி. (c.) 6. Prison, jail, place of confinement, சிறைச்சா லை. (சது.) 7. Place, location, situation, இடம். 8. Fence, hedge, a surrounding wall, &c., மதில். 9. Wing, feather, plumage, இறகு. 1. Side, பக்கம். 11. A dam, a bank, நீர்க்கரை. அவளொருநல்லசிறை. She has meretricious beauty. ஒருசிறைசார்ந்தான். He inclined to one side. (p.) சிறைகொள்ளவந்தான். He came to buy slaves. சிறைக்களம்--சிறைக்கூடம்--சிறைச் சாலை, s. A place of captivity. 2. A prison. சிறைக்கோலம், s. State of captivity. சிறைசெய்ய, inf. To imprison, to confine; to limit the powers of the soul. 2. To capture men or animals. 3. To dam up water. (p.) சிறைச்சோறு, s. Food given to prisoners, or captives, in charity; one of the thirty-two அறம், acts of charity. சிறைத்தீர்வை, s. A tax on slaves. (R.) சிறைபோக, inf. To be exposed to plunder. (R.) சிறைபோனவர்கள். People led into captivity. சிறைபிடிக்க, inf. To take captive, to enslave. 2. To hold in slavery. சிறைப்பட, inf. To be enslaved, to be taken captive; to be ensnared--as animals, &c., 2. To be imprisoned or impounded as stolen, or strayed cattle, &c., 3. [prov.] To be laid up, to be mislaid, or forgotten. சிறைப்படுத்த--சிறைபடுத்த, inf. To enslave, to take captive. 2. To confine, to impound. 3. To take or encage birds, wild animals, &c. to ensnare. 4. To imprison, incarcerate. சிறைப்பாடு, v. noun. [prov.] Captivity, slavery, bondage, &c., as சிறை, 2, 4. 2. Being dropped, and lying untouched; as a thing lost. சிறைப்புறம், s. The outside of a fence, or wall, for secret prying, spying, &c. (p.) சிறைமீட்க, inf. To redeem from slavery or captivity, to ransom. சிறைமீட்பு, v. noun. Redemption from slavery, enfranchisement. சிறைமீள, inf. v. n. To go free as a slave by purchase, or otherwise. 2. v. a. [prov.] To ransom, சிறைமீட்க. சிறைமுறிய, inf. To burst--as a dam, banks, &c. (p.) சிறையாக்க, inf. To take captive; to captivate, enslave. சிறையிருந்துநோக, inf. To be in distress (imprisoned)--said of a woman longing for her absent husband. (c.) சிறையிருப்பு, v. noun. Captivity, slavery. 2. Imprisonment, incarceration. சிறையெடுக்க, inf. To take a woman for wife or concubine by force, or without the consent of her friends. 2. To purchase the freedom of a slave. சிறைவிட--சிறைவிடுக்க--சிறைநீக்க, inf. To release from captivity, slavery, or confinement, to enfranchise. சிறைவைக்க, inf. To imprison, to keep in prison. 2. To place captives in custody, &c. 58) *

tḷai (p. 229) s. A tie, fastening, bandage, கட்டு. 2. Fetter, shackles for the legs, கால்விலங்கு. (c.) 3. Enclosure of an unblown flower, மல ர்க்கட்டு. 4. Imprisonment, immuring, சிறை. 5. The காற்கொலுசு, ankle-rings. 6. A foot trinket, காற்சிலம்பு. 7. Men's locks of hair, ஆண்மயிர். 8. [prov.] A partition, division, in rice fields. வயலின்பிரிவு. (c.) 9. A tie, a bond, (met.) a bond of union, பந்துகட்டு. 1. [prov.] The office of an உடையார். 11. The metrical connection of the last syllable of any foot with the first of the succeeding, one of the six செய்யுளுறுப்பு, வரு ஞ்சீரின் முதலசை யொன்றியுமொன்றாமலுங்கூடிநிற்பது. --Note. The poetic தளை are of seven kinds embracing four classes. I. ஆசிரி யத்தளை. connexion of ஆசிரியம் verse of two species. 1. நேரொன்றாசிரீயத்தளை, combination of simple syllables in the ஆசிரியம் connexion, or of one simple ஆசிரியம் foot, with another. 2. நிரையொன்றாசிரியத்தளை, combination of compound syllables, or the connexion of one compound ஆசிரியம் foot, with another. II. வெண்டளை, connexion of வெண் பா verse, also of two species. 1. வெண்சீர் வெண்டளை, combination of genuine வெண்சீர் foot, or of one வெண்சீர் foot with another foot, biginning with a simple syllable 2. இயற்சீர்வெண்டளை, combination of simple, or ஆசிரியம் feet, or connexion of an ஆசிரியம் foot ending with a compound syllable with another foot beginning with a simple syllable, or vice versa. III. கலித்தளை, connexion of the கலிப்பா verse, being single, viz.; that of வெண்சீர் foot ending with a syllable with another foot beginning with a compound syllable. IV. வஞ்சித்தளை, connexion of வஞ்சி verse of two species. 1. ஒன்றியவஞ்சித்தளை, combination of compound syllables, or of one வஞ்சி foot with another foot beginning with a compound syllable. 2. ஒன்றாதவஞ்சித்தளை, combination of a compound with a simple syllable, or of one வஞ்சி foot with another beginning with a simple syllable. For syllables and feet and their different species, see அசை and சீர். வளைபட்டகைமாதொடு மக்களெனுந் தளைபட்டழியத் தகுமோதகுமோ. Should I perish by being bound with my bracelet-adorned wife and children. தளைகழற்றிவிட, inf. To unloose or take off fetters. தளைத்தட்ட, inf. To fail or be defective, as a connection in verse, தளைதவற. தளைநார், s. [prov.] A foot brace for a tree-climber. தளைபட--தளைப்பட, inf. To be imprisoned, to be taken captive, சிறைப்பட. 2. To be bound, confined, restrained, கட்டுப்பட. தளைப்பூட்ட--தளைபோட, inf. To fetter, to shackle. தளைப்பொருத்தம், s. Harmonious combination of the தளை, in verse, தளையினிணக்கம். தளையவிழ, inf. To blossom as a flower, பூமலர. 2. To be unbound, to be unrestrained, கட்டவிழ. தளைவைக்க, inf. [prov.] To invest one with the office of உடையார். தளைவார், s. A thong of leather to hamper the feet of an animal when grazing. 2. As தளைநார். 53)

nṭmāṭu (p. 268) கிறேன், நடமாடினேன், வேன், நடமாட, v. n. To go about, move about as after sickness. imprisonment; to be at large, to frequent as people, ஊடாட. 2. To be energetic after recovering from poverty, வர்த்திக்க. 3. To prevalli, as evil spirits; to infest, as heasts, or reptiles, சஞ்சரிக்க. 4. To circulate as coin, or a report, வழங்க. (c.) 5. [ex நடம்.] TO dance, கூத்தாட. நடமாட்டம், v. noun. Going about, prevalence, haunting, circulation; improvement of circumstence, as the verb. 2. Activity, energy, as of middle age, முயலுகை. 3. Influence, செல்வாக்கு. 4. Care and diligence in any affair. பழக்கம். (Beschi.) 5. Stage-play, or dancing, நடனம். 6) *

pntēhāṉā (p. 294) s. (Pers.) A place of imprisonment, a jail, சிறைச்சாலை. 99) *

mṟi (p. 346) க்கிறேன், த்தேன், ப்பேன், க்க, v. a. To stop, detain, arrest, check, confine, imprison, தடுக்க. 2. To turn about, திருப்ப. (c.) 3. To turn upside down, to upset, மேல்கீழாக்க. மந்தையைமறித்துவை. Prevent the herd from going astray. கடன்காரன் அவனை மறித்துக்கொண்டான். The creditor arrested him [on the way]. மறி--மறிப்பு, v. noun. Stopping, arresting, as மறியல். மறிபட--மறிபட்டுப்போக, inf. To be stopped, as the waters of a river. 2. To be hindered, as one on business. மறியல், v. noun. Stopping, detaining, checking, confining, தடை. 2. (R.) A halt, நிறுத்துகை. 3. Prison, jail, காவல். மறியற்கடுதாசி, s. [prov.] A warrant of commitment. 67)