kuẕai (p. 129) s. Young leaves, sprouts, foliage, boughs, twigs, தளிர். 2. Soft, well trodden mud; slime, சேறு. 3. Ear-jewels, குண் டலம். 4. (சது.) A tube, துளையுடைப்பொருள். 5. The நெய்தல் plant. மரங்குழைமண்டிப்போயிற்று. The tree abounds with thick foliage. குழைக்காடு, s. [prov.] The country-as distinguished from the city; a jungle, compared with more cultivated parts --as பட்டிக்காடு. குழைக்காட்டான், s. A rustic; a clown. குழைநாற்றம்--குழைவீச்சம், s. An unpleasant, leafy or grassy smell. குழைமறைவு, v. noun. Foliage, shrubbery, trees, &c., intercepting vision. 2. Sculking, &c., from creditors. குழைபிடிக்க, inf. [prov.] To obstruct an affair-from the practice of the Kandians, holding a bough before a person, as a sign of protestation, or of forbidding him to proceed. குழையடிக்க, inf. To recite incantations while shaking and drawing a handful of Margosa twigs over a sick or possessed person or animal, or one bitten by a snake. Mesmeric effects, similar to those occasioned by drawing the fingers in a particular way over the face of a patient, are sometimes produced by the above process, and ignorant people attribute them to the power of the incantations. 2. To vheedle; to use artful means in order to secure the interest of a person. 11)

ceṭi (p. 202) s. Shrub, பூண்டு. 2. Shrubbery, bushes, thick foliage, புதர். 3. That which is maimed, decayed, faded, spoiled--as food, a flower, &c., பதனழிவு. 4. Sin, vice, demerit, பாவம். 5. Light, splendor, a luminous body, ஒளி. 6. [vul.] A matter of one importance, அற்பம்; used at the south --as செடிகிடக்கிறது. செடிக்காடு, s. [com. செடிங்காடு.] A low thicket, a jungle. செடிபற்ற--செடிமண்ட, inf. To become over-spread with bushes, brambles, weeds. 2. To be covered with foliage--as a tree. செடிமறைவு, s. Bushes, as intercepting sight, or as a place of concealment, lurking place, &c., Compare குழைமறைவு. செடியொண்ட, inf. To hide one's self under a bush. செடியன், s. A bad, worthless fellow. செடிவைக்க, inf. To plant medicinal or flower-shrubs. செடிச்சி, s. [prov.] A low, base woman, a strumpet, இழிந்தோள். உச்சிச்செடி, s. See under உச்சி. 86)

pṟṟai (p. 304) s. The November flower. See காந்தள். 2. [prov.] Bushes, low shrubbery, underwood, புதர்.--The compounds, as பற் றைமறைவு, the interception of bushes, பற் றைச்சி, a prostitute, &c., are of Jaffna. 10) *