ācāri (p. 36) s. A title of respect applied to head masons and carpenters, an architect, கம்மாளன். 49) *

āpaccaivaṉ (p. 38) s. One of the eight demigods, அஷ்டவசுக்களிலொருவன். (p.) 98) *

ālātti (p. 42) s. [in poetry, sometimes contr. to ஆலத்தி.] The ceremony of waving lighted camphor, to avert the blight of the eyes of unlucky persons, on marriage or other special occasions; also in front of the idol, after the procession, before it is taken into the temple. The term is applied both to the light, &c. waved, and the waving--as ஆரதி. ஆலாத்திகாட்ட, inf. To wave the above offering. ஆலாத்தித்தட்டு, s. The salver in which the ஆலாத்தி is waved. 2. One of the decks in a ship. ஆலாத்தியெடுக்க, inf. To take lighted camphor, &c. before the idol and wave it round; also before a newmarried couple, &c. 15) *

āṟṟu (p. 43) கிறேன், ஆற்றினேன், வேன், ஆற்ற, v. a. To cool, refresh, குளிரச்செய்ய. 2. To assuage, appease, alleviate, soothe, console, compose, lull, mitigate, தணிக்க. 3. To slack, loosen what is tied or twisted, முறுக்குத்தளர்த்த. (c.) 4. (p.) To do, act, perform a duty, செய்ய. 5. To bear a weight, தாங்க. 6. To carry, or sustain a burden or calamity, பொறுக்க.--Note. This verb is sometimes used impersonally--as இந்த வழியென்னாலேயாற்றாது. I cannot get along this road. ஆற்ற, inf. [used adverbially.] Greatly, exceedingly, மிகுதியாய். அமிழ்தினுமாற்றவினிதே. Sweeter than nectar. (குறள்.) கணவராற்றமுனிந்தே. The husbands greatly resenting. ஆற்றாக்கேடு, s. Extreme poverty, indigence exigence, great necessity. ஆற்றாச்சண்டி, s. One who perversely persists in application for aid through poverty, one past shame, an insatiable wretch. ஆற்றாத்தனம், s. Insatiableness. ஆற்றாப்பட்சம், s. What cannot be borne, intolerableness--as ஆற்றாமை. ஆற்றாமை, neg. v. noun. Inability to bear--as excessive hunger, pain, &c., சகிக்கக்கூடாமை. 2. Impatience, பொறா மை. 3. Voracity, voraciousness, insatiableness, திருத்தியின்மை. ஆற்றார், s. Foes, opponents, rivals, those who envy one, பகைவர். 2. The poor, the afflicted, தரித்திரர். (p.) ஆற்றிக்கொடுக்க, inf. To cool and give. 2. To help or relieve one at work. ஆற்றித்தேற்ற, inf. To soothe and console. ஆற்றிப்போற்றிக்கொள்ள, inf. To treat guests with civility, விருந்தினரை யுபசரிக்க. 2. To render aid--as to a sick person, to help one in distress, துன்புற்றோ ரைக்காக்க. 3. To console, ஆற்ற. ஆற்றுவிக்க, inf. [causal.] To console, cherish, afford consolation, தணி யச்செய்ய. 2. To inspire with courage, வலிதர. 3. To enable to bear, or endure, உறுதிசெய்ய. ஆற்றல், v. noun. Cooling, assuaging, consoling, &c. 2. Enduring, bearing patiently. 3. Bearing a load.

ālālam (p. 42) s. Poison, நஞ்சு. Wils. p. 973. HALAHALA. 2. A bat, வௌவால். (p.) 18) *

āṟpatam (p. 43) --ஆஸ்பதம், s. Virtue, essence, vigor, strength, சாரம். ஆற்பதங்கெட்டவன். One whose strength is reduced. இந்தச்சோற்றிலேயாற்பதமில்லை. There is no substance, nourishment, in this rice. 68)

ātti (p. 38) s. A tree, ஓர்மரம், Bauhinia racemosa, L.--Note. There are two species; viz.: 1. காட்டாத்தி, the rind of which is used for withes, Bauhinia parviflora, L. 2. திருவாத்தி, a flower-tree sacred to Siva, also medicinal, Bauhinia tomentosa, L. (c.) ஆத்திசூடி, s. Siva so called as wearing a garland of flowers from the ஆத்தி tree, சிவன். 2. A book composed by ஔவை, so called from its beginning with this word, ஓர்நூல். (p.) 84) *

āṭṭai (p. 38) s. [in combination.] A year, வருடம். (c.) ஆட்டைக்கருமம்--ஆட்டைத்திதி --ஆட்டைத்திவசம், s. The first anniversary funeral ceremony, performed on the same day of the moon on which the person died. (c.) மூவாட்டைநெல், s. Rice three years old. (c.) 17)

āvali (p. 43) --ஆவளி, s. A row, range, a continuous line, series, lineage, dynasty, ஒழுங்கு; [ex ஆ, et வல, to move.] Wils. p. 122. AVALI. (p.) உரோமாவலி, s. A row or line of hair, growing down the bosom of females --described in poetry as an ornament. Wils. p. 712. ROMAVALI. 21)

āḷi (p. 43) s. The lion as the king of beasts, சிங்கம். 2. A governor, a master, ஆள்வோன். 3. Leo the zodiacal sign, சிங்க விராசி. 4. A fabulous animal (the யாளி.) like a lion, but with a proboscis as an elephant. 5. A kind of seed, ஆளிவிதை. 6. An embankment, or boundary for keeping up water, செய்கரை. 7. Bank in general, கரைப்பொது. 8. [vul.] An oyster, மட்டி. 9. An appellative affix, mas. or fem. joined to nouns--implying a ruler, owner, manager, master, one who owns a thing, possesses a quality, &c.,--as from பகை is formed, பகையாளி. ஆளியூர்தி, s. Kali and Durga, so called because conveyed on an animal of the lion kind. 57)