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) *
