arkku (p. 22) --கிறேன், அரக்கினேன், வேன், அரக்க, v. a. To waste or wear away by rubbing, அழிக்க. (பிங்.) 2. To mash with the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot by a wriggling motion, தேய்க்க. 3. [prov.] To push, drag, or otherwise move a heavy body, as the wooden frame of a house, இருப்புவிட்டுப் பெயர்க்க. 4. v. n. (c.) To move in a hitching or wriggling manner or by jerks, hitch along on a seat, crawl as a child or snake, hobble or walk with difficulty, waddle as one drunk, நெளிந்துநடக்க. அரக்கியரக்கிநடக்கிறான். He walks hitching along. அரக்கல், v. noun. The act of rubbing or grinding. 38) *

aḷvu (p. 33) s. Measure, degree, proportion, quantity, magnitude, size, capacity, bound, limit, compass, number, standard, வரையறை. 2. The proper or required measure, the complement number, size, weight, &c., மட்டு. 3. With உம், it expresses a limited extent of measure, time, distance, &c., as அவ்வளவும், only so far, even so much. 4. Suffixed to participles, it means when, as soon as--as பார்க்குமளவில், as soon as seen. 5. A measure or thing to measure with, அளவுகருவி. There are four kinds of measurement; viz.: 1. எண்ணல், computation. 2. எடுத் தல், weight, measurement by balance. 3. முகத்தல், measurement of capacity--as dry of fluid measure. 4. நீட்டல், measurement of extension, a long measure and land measure.--Some add a fifth தெறித்தல், jerking with finger. இராசா அளவிற்கேறிற்று. It has gone up to (the limit of) the king; i. e. it is too late now to adopt measures to prevent it. காரியத்தளவிலேயொன்றுமில்லை. There is no importance in the thing--it matters not. குலத்தளவேயாகுங்குணம். According to the caste will be the disposition. அவன்வருமளவும். Till he comes. மேகமண்டலமளவும். As high as, or as far as the region of the clouds. என்னளவிலேயிப்படிநடந்தது. It has so happened to me; at least in my case, &c. தன்னளவிலே கொண்டாடிக்கொண்டான். He limited the feast to his own circle. அளவடி, s. A line containing four metrical feet, நாற்சீரால்வருமடி. அளவடிவிருத்தம், s. A விருத்தம் verse of four lines, each of which contains four feet, நேரடிவிருத்தம். அளவழித்தாண்டகம், s. A kind of poem, ஓர்பிரபந்தம். அளவறுக்க, inf. To find out, ascertain a number and decide, வரையறுக்க. அளவற்றது--அளவில்லாதது. appel. n. That which is beyond number, measure, weight, &c. அளவாக, inf. [used adverbially.] Moderately, to a limited extent, according to. அளவிட, inf. To estimate, calculate. 2. To guess, conjecture. 3. To measure, explore, fathom. 4. To investigate, examine, search into. அவனை அளவிடக்கூடாது. One cannot fathom him. அளவிடப்படாத, neg. rel. part. Incomprehensible. அளவிடை, v. noun. Measuring, admeasurement, அளவிடுகை. 2. Estimation, calculation, guess, மதிப்பிடுகை. 3. s. Weight, நிறை. 4. Capacity, extent of one's power. நிருவாகம். சத்துருவையளவிடைபார். Estimate an enemy's power. அளவியற்றாண்டகம், s. A kind of poem. அளவிறக்க, inf. To exceed the measure, the appointed limit, &c., எல் லைகடக்க. 2. To transgress, violate a rule, மீற. 3. To exceed all bounds, be immeasurable, inconceivable, எண்ணிறக்க. அளவிறந்தபொருள், s. Immense property beyond the power of calculation, a thing incomprehensible, a mystery. அளவின்மை, neg. v. noun. Immeasurableness, countlessness, immensity. அளவுகோல், s. A land measurer's rod. அளவுநாழி, s. A stamped measure. அளவுபடுத்த, inf. To measure, ascertain, to limit. அளவெடுக்க, inf. To take a measure, dimensions, &c., of a thing. அவ்வளவு--இவ்வளவு, s. So much, so many. அவ்வளவும், Even so much, only of far, that is all. எவ்வளவு, s. How much, how many. நேற்றளவு. Up to or till yesterday, in the course of yesterday. நேற்றையளவிலேசெய்தியிப்படி. The news were so up to yesterday. இன்றளவும். Until this day, in the course of to-day. 14)

eṟṟu (p. 75) கிறேன், எற்றினேன், வேன், எற்ற, v. a. To cast, throw off, to jerk away under-handed, side-handed, &c.; to toss, cast out--as water from a vessel with force, throw water from a pool, a channel with the feet in watering plants, &c.; to kick a thing away, எறிய. 2. To strike, அடிக்க. 3. To cuff, to strike with the fist, புடைக்க. 4. To cut, cut asunder, cut down, வெட்ட. 5. To pierce, stab, குத்த. 6. To kill, கொல்ல. முரசமெற்றினர். They beat the large drum. கூனனையவள்மார்பிலேயெற்றினவளவில். As soon as she had struck the hump-backed man on the breast-துந்துமியெலும்பைப்பறக்கவெற்றியும். Kicking up the bones of Tuntumi (into the air)-எற்றுதிரை, s. Beating billows. எற்றுபுனல், s. A billowy or rippling body of water. எற்றுநூல், s. A carpenter's line for marking boards, &c., மரமறுக்கப்போடுநூல். எற்றல், v. noun. Throwing off, throwing water from a pool, &c., எற்றல்மரம், s. [prov.] A kind of oblong pail with a long handle, supported by three posts for throwing up water in irrigation. எற்றற்பட்டை, s. [prov.] Basket for irrigation by four or six persons. எற்று, v. noun. Casting, jerking, எறிகை. 2. Warding off, striking off, தட் டுகை. ஓரெற்றிலேயெற்றிப்போட்டான். He cast it away at once. 35)

kiḷḷu (p. 112) கிறேன், கிள்ளினேன், வேன், கிள்ள, v. a. To pinch with the finger and thump, the nails, &c., கையாற்கிள்ள. 2. To pinch off, to pluck, to nip, to pick--as a leaf, &c., இலைமுதலியகிள்ள. 3. To hold, take up, carry, &.--as with the beak, the fingers and thump, &c.; to take up a little, a pinch, &c., கொஞ்சமாயெடுக்க. வயிறுகிள்ளுகிறது. I am pinched with hunger. கிள்ளாக்கு, s. A bit of leaf, especially an ola given as a token of being sent by some superior, அதிகாரநறுக்கு. 2. A note of hand, a bit of leaf, a token from a person in authority--as a passport, warrant, letter of introduction, &c., உத்தார ச்சீட்டு. கிள்ளாப்பிறாண்டு, s. [prov.] A kind of child's play, pinching, ஓர்விளையாட்டு. 2. fig. Want of attention to guests, at a feast; distribution to them in small quantities, அலட்சியம். கிள்ளாப்பிறாண்டுபண்ண, inf. To supply guests too sparingly. 2. To take sparingly at a feast from modesty, delicacy, &c. 3. To give stintingly in charity, &c. கிள்ளிக்காட்ட, inf. To give a hint, a signal; also a summery, &c.; lit. a pinch. கிள்ளிக்கொடுக்க, inf. To give a little from a great quantity. 2. To give but little, a pinch, &c. கிள்ளித்தெளிக்கமாட்டான். local. He will not even give a jerk. கிள்ளிப்பிடுங்க, inf. To pinch and pluck off. கிள்ளிவிட, inf. To stir up; to excite, to instigate. கிள்ளிவைக்க, inf. To set or take a little from a heap--as the small mnemonic heaps in measuring grain. கிள்ளுகீரை, s. Greens plucked off from the root. அவன்உனக்குக்கிள்ளுக்கீரையோ. Is he a mere youngster, that you may cuff him as you please? கிள்ளுக்கீரைப்பண்ண, inf. To insult, to treat insultingly. கிள்ளுக்கீரையாய்நினைத்துப்பேச, inf. To speak contemptibly. கிள்ளு, v. noun. A pinch, a nip; a little piece of betel-leaf, tobacco, &c., கிள்ளப் பட்டதுண்டு. 2. A pinch in quantity, துணி க்கை. கிள்ளுங்கிழியுமாய்ப்போகக்கடவது. May this become null and void; mutilated and cancelled. 18)

kuccaram (p. 115) s. A country, Gujerat, ஓர் தேசம். Wils. p. 294. GURJJARA. குச்சரர், s. The Gujerat people, குச்சி லியர். குச்சரி, s. A mode of singing, ஓர் பண். 20)

cāmpu (p. 177) கிறேன், சாம்பினேன், வேன், சாம் ப, v. a. (for.) To pull in by jerks, to haul--as in drawing water; to draw in, as the rope of a pully; to pump, இழுக்க. 2. [prov. a cant term.] To give a blow, அறைய. (c.) சாம்பி, s. [loc.] Pully, கப்பி. 65) *

cimpu (p. 185) கிறேன், சிம்பினேன், வேன், சிம்ப, [vul.] v. a. To jerk, pull away, சுண்டியிழுக்க. உன்னாலானமட்டுஞ்சிம்பிப்பார். Do all in your power, do your best (in contempt.) 20)

cuṇṭu (p. 193) கிறேன், சுண்டினேன், வேன், சுண் ட, v. a. To boil away, stew the சுண்டல் food, பயறவிக்க. 2. To simmer a vegetable preparation for a swelling, &c., இலைசுண்ட. 3. To shoot or jerk with the thumb, or finger; as a marble, &c., to shoot or toss up a coin with the thumb and a finger to ring it, தெறிக்க. 4. To shoot, as a ball with a bow or let off by a spring to, as a bent stick; flirt away, try the tightness of a bow string, lute string, the ripeness of a jack-fruit, &c., by flirting or filliping a finger against it, to jerk, fillip, strike as a carpenter`s line on a plank, &c., கயிறு தெறிக்க. 5. To pinch and draw out the skin or other elastic body with the finger and thumb, or pincers and let it recoil with a jerk, இழுத்துவிட. (c.) சுண்டிவிளையாட, inf. To play with marbles, balls, seeds, &c., by shooting them. சுண்டிப்பிடிக்க, inf. See சுண்டப்பி டிக்க. சுண்டியிழுக்க, inf. To strain; to pinch and draw. சுண்டிவிட, inf. To jirk out, flirt out. சுண்டுவில், s. [loc. உண்டைவில்.] A bow for shooting earthen balls, little stones, &c.; [ex வில்.] (c.) சுண்டல், v. noun. Shooting small bullets, தெறிக்கை. 64) *

tttu (p. 223) s. Springing forward, or hopping. moving by jerks--as cockroaches, or cattle tied by the fore-feet, பாய்தல். 2. Peril, misfortune, மோசம். 3. [in astrol.] Reckoning, for the horoscope, the transition of a planet from one point to another, omitting the signs which portend in one's life, as shewn by the horoscope, ஆபத்து. 5. [improp. for தத்தம்.] Adoption, சுவிகாரம். (c.) பெரியதத்திலேயிருக்கிறது. It is in great danger. காலமோதத்தோ. Is it the appointed time? (for death)--asked of an astrologer when consulted, concerning one bitten by a snake. இந்தத்தத்துக்குத்தப்பித்துக்கொண்டான். He has narrowly escaped the danger. தத்துக்கல், s. A stone obstructing water in a fall, from which it leaps anew. தத்துக்கிளி. A grasshopper, a locust. 2. A chattering parrot. தத்துப்புரட்சி, v. noun. Passage of a planet from one point to another, leaving several signs between and another immediately following. தத்துப்பூச்சி, s. A brown spotted, leaping insect, with long antenn&ae;, in form like a cockroach. தத்துமீள, inf. To out-live a juncture indicated as critical in one's horoscope. 2. [prov.] To save one, as a doctor, at a critical period. தத்தெறிய, inf. To make ducks and drakes, on water by skimming the surface with a stone. (c.) 2. To cast up waves as the sea. 43)

tttu (p. 223) கிறேன், தத்தினேன், வேன், தத்த, v. n. and v. a. To leap, jump, skip, hop, &c., குதிக்க. 2. To go by leaps or jumps, தத் திப்பாய. 3. To roll, as successive waves, அலைபாய. 4. To move by jerks, and starts, as cockroaches and some other insects, பூச் சிதாண்ட. 5. To jump over, கடக்க. (c.) தத்தடி, s. [prov.] The hesitating walk of a young child. தத்தித்தத்திநடக்க, inf. [prov. தத்தடி யிட்டுநடக்க.] To step hesitatingly, as a child. தத்திப்பாய, inf. To hop, to go by jerks and starts; jump over. நீர்தத்ததிப்பாய்கிறது. The water flows in a rippling manner. தத்துபரி, s. An ambling horse. (p.) தத்துமடை, s. Side courses in a waterchannel. (c.) தத்துவெடியன்--தத்துவெட்டியன், s. [prov.] As தத்துப்பூச்சி. வீடுதத்தி, appel. n. [prov.] One who goes from house to house, stopping but a little time in a place. 44) *

tākku (p. 232) கிறேன், தாக்கினேன், வேன், தாக்க, v. n. and v. a. To strike, beat, hit, dash against, beat down; to jerk, to twitch, அடிக்க. 2. To butt, as beasts, முட்ட. 3. to press heavily, as a burden, a responsibility, an expense, கனக்க. 4. To attack, assault, aggress; to butt, அழுத்த. 5. [in arith.] To multiply, பெருக்க. 6. To interfere, தலையிட்டுக்கொள்ள. 7. To preponderate, out-weigh, அதிபாரங்கொள்ள. 8. To influence an actor; to affect one's interests, health, &c., தைக்க. 9. To come in contact with, to collide, to strike as a vessel against a rock or another vessel. மோத. 1. To be severe, in remonstrance or reproof, as through some pique or grudge, கடுமையா யிருக்க. 11. To rest or depend on, பற்றியி ருக்க. 12. To involve, as a cause, or event its consequence, பலிக்க. 13. To touch, strike, or come in contact with, as smoke, steam, heat, flame, sunshine; to burst on the sight, a lightning; to heat against to penetrate as a sting, பட. 14. To extend to and affect adjacent objects--as heat cold, motion, force, sound, a passing ball, &apm;c., பரவித்தாவ. 15. To react, rebound, அதைக்க. 16. To transfer the loss or gain of one account to another, to increase the profits on an article, to make up for loss in others, &c., சரிக்கட்ட. 17. To spring, as an animal, பாய. 18. To avenge, to revenge, பழிவாங்க. 19. To fall heavily on one, as charges, expenses, profits, &c., on goods coming upon the last buyer, சுமத்த. 2. To hobble, to limp, நெளிக்க. --Note. Most of the meanings are used in cant. மனதிலேதாக்கவில்லை. This has not reached the mind. பழையகோபமெல்லாம்வைத்துத்தாக்குகிறார். Keeping in mind all his old grudges, he is now revenging himself. சரீரத்திலேதாக்கும். It will have lasting effects of he body. செலவிலேதாக்கும். Expenses will increase 2. The expence will be heavy. நிறையத்தாக்கிவிட்டான். He is quite intoxicated; (lit.) full of liquor. 14)

tiraviṭam (p. 239) --திராவிடம், s. Southern India including, in its largest sense, five provinces, and their respective languages. 1. திரவிடம், the Tamil country or Dravida proper. 2. ஆந்திரம், Telingu or Telugu. 3. கன்னடம். Canarese. 4. மகாராட் டிரம், Maharatta. 5. கூர்ச்சரம். Gujeratta (சது.) W. p. 429. DRAVID'A.--Note. திரவிடம் is applied to the people and language of each of those provinces, but especially to the Tamil. Some follow a different arrangement which includes the Malayalam and Cingalese. In Wilson's dictionary, Dravida is defined to be the country from Madras to Cape Comorin, a definition too limited, according to usage in the Peninsula. திராவிடபாஷைகள், s. Dravidian languages. (Colloq.) 16) *