kuṟai (p. 132) கிறது, ந்தது, யும், ய, v. n. To diminish, decrease, lessen, abate, wane, shorten, dwindle, decline, சிறுக. 2. To be reduced in numbers, value, circumstances; to be lowered in rank, estimation, கெட. 3. To be wanting, to prove insufficient, to lack, to be short in weight, measure, number, &c., to be scanty, எஞ்ச. 4. To be imperfect, incomplete, unfinished, defective, deficient, ஈனமாக. 5. [in gram.] To be cut off, dropped, omitted, suppressed, &c., சொற்குறைந்துவர. 6. To be scarce, dear, difficult of attainment, அருமையாயிருக்க. குறைய, inf. To be insufficient, to be wanting. ஏறக்குறைய, [adverbially.] Nearly, almost, about. நடைகுறைந்துபோயிற்று. He now cannot walk much. 2. His influence is reduced. 3. The speed is reduced--as of horses, cattle, &c. குறைந்தவிலை, s. A dear bargain; a high price. 2. A reduced price, a low price. குறைந்தமரக்கால், s. A scant measure. வயிறுகுறைய, inf. To be unsatisfied --as hunger. குறைச்சல், v. noun. [vul. for. குறைதல்.] Defficiency, dearness, poverty, displeasure, complaint, &c. குறைச்சலல்ல. It is not dear. குறைச்சலாய்க்கிடக்க, inf. To be dear, scarce, &c. குறைச்சலாய்ப்பேச, inf. To speak ill of one. செய்கைக்குறைச்சல், s. Misbehavior, misconduct. மனக்குறைச்சல், s. Dissatisfaction, displeasure; grievance. குறைவு, v. noun. Lack, deficiency, dearness, want, scarcity. 2. Indigency, necessity, poverty, தரித்திரம். குறைவறுக்க, inf. To make up a deficiency, to supply wants, to meet exigencies, &c. குறைவானது. That which is defective. 48)

curungku (p. 196) கிறது, சுருங்கினது, சுருங்கும், சுருங்க, v. a. To shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, rumple, குறைய. 2. To lesson, decrease, dwindle; to be reduced, compressed, சிறுக. 3. To be gathered, puckered, folded, plaited, குவிய 4. To be abridged, epitomized, shortened, சங்கிரகமாக. 5. To close--as a flower, umbrella, &c., to be furled, to be drawn in--as the rays of the sun, or the limbs of a tortoise, or head of a snake, &c., அடங்க. 6. To be curtailed, or reduced--as expenses, செலவுசுருங்க. 7. To shrink from duty, to be reluctant. மனந் தளர. 8. To fail, be defective, remiss, ஒழுக் கந்தப்ப. 9. To decrease, as a succession of waves, rolling towards the shore, அலைசுருங்க. 1. To be abstracted from earthly objects, as the mind of an ascetic, அவாசுருங்க. 11. To become impaired, as the senses by age, அறிவுசுருங்க. வானஞ்சுருங்கிற்றானஞ்சுருங்கும். If the heavens be shut up, (if there be no rain) charity is diminished. சுருங்கச்சொல்லல், v. noun. Brevity, one of the ten beauties of style. See அழகு. சுருக்கம், v. noun. Shrinking, contracting, closing, shrivelling. சுருங்கல், v. noun. Shrinking, any thing shrunk. 25) *

mṭngku (p. 339) கிறேன், மடங்கினேன், வேன், மடங்க, v. n. To become bent--as the arm or leg, வளைய. 2. To be shut, closed, folded --as a knife or table, as முடங்க. 3. To be inflected, deflected, refracted; to be folded, lapped, or bent out of place, கோண. 4. To bend or turn--as a road, or river, &c., சாய. 5. To turn about, to take a different course, மீள. 6. To be twisted or distorted--as a limb or the neck, முறுக. 7. To be battered, நெளிய. 8. To submit, yield, surrender, கீழ்ப்பட. 9. To be humbled, or tamed; to be reduced--as pride; to be broken--as the constitution, தாழ. 1. To be reduced in force as the wind or heat, தணிய. 11. To yield--as a disease, or poison--to medicines or incantations, உக்கிரமடங்க. 12. To be stopped, hindered, or quashed--as proceedings, &c., அமர. 13. To be turned off, diverted, thrown back--as weapons, தடைபட. 14. To be silenced by argument, sophistry or authority, to be checked, confuted, refuted, வாயடங்க. 15. To be lodged with one--as property on the death of the owner, அடைய. மடங்கலர், appel. n. [pl.] Foes, enemies; insubordinate persons, பகைவர். மடங்கலர்க்கசனியன்னான். He is like a thunder-bolt to his foes. (திருவி.) மடங்கிக்கிடத்தல், v. noun. Lying down. மடங்குபலன், s. Ripe corn. மடங்கல், v. noun. Bending, being bent; a crook, an angle, a corner, கோ ணல். 2. A returning, மீளல். 3. Curving or blunting the edge, &c., முடங்கல். 71)