kīṟu (p. 113) s. A streak, mark, stroke, line. scratch, வரி. 2. A notch, a score, an indentation, gash, cut, slit, incision, பிளப்பு. 3. A slice, a piece cut off longitudinally, a slip, a snip, கீற்று. 4. [prov.] The half of a cocoanut-leaf or esculent palmyra root, தென்னோலைஅல்லதுபனங்கிழங்கின்பாதி. 5. Scrawl, writing, எழுத்து. கீற்றுமதி--பிறைக்கீறு, s. The crescent moon----as seen on the third day after new moon. கைக்கீறு, s. A note of hand; a mark by such as cannot write. காய்க்கீறு, s. A slice of unripe fruit. தலையிலேநல்லகீறு, s. Good luck, good fortune; lit. good writing in the head. 48)