kmml (p. 96) s. (Tel.) A female ear-ornament, மகளிர்காதணியினொன்று. 21)

kraiñcāṉ (p. 96) s. A tree called அகில். 178) *

kṇṭuttutti (p. 90) s. A species of துத் தி plant. 6)

kāṉāngkōṉāṉ (p. 107) s. Immethodicalness, confusion. 13)

kāṉīṉaṉ (p. 107) s. An illegitimate son born during the mother's pretended maidenhood, கன்னிபெற்றபிள்ளை; hence Karna the prince, son of Surya by Kunti before her marriage with Pandu, கன்னன். 2. Vyasa, the celebrated saint, son of Parasara by Matsyagand'hee before her marriage with Santanu, வியாதமுனி. Wils. p. 29. KANEENA. 17)

kisti (p. 109) --கிஸ்திப்பணம், s. (Hind.) Tax or kist upon lands, &c., நிலமுதலிய வற்றின்வரி. 55)

kavacam (p. 97) s. Armor, mail, a jacket or coat-of-mail, சட்டை. 2. An incantation repeated for defence, ஓர்மந்திரம். An amulet, a charm worn as a defence from evil, phylactery, spell, காப்பு. 4. The mystical syllable hum, forming part of a mantra and considered as a preservative or armor inscribed or carried about the person as a charm, மந்திரத்தினோருறுப்பு. (p.) 5. (c.) A lute, a clayey composition with which chemists close vessels, சீலைமண். Wils. p. 24. KAVACHA. 6. A medicinal composition, used as a cover for medicines for reducing them to ashes,மருந்துக்கவசம். கவசகுண்டலன், s. The king கன் னன்-- said to have been born with a coat-of-mail and ear-rings, கவசத்தோடுங்கு ண்டலத்தோடும்பிறந்தகன்னன். கவசங்கட்ட, inf. To bind or restrain malignant deities, &c., by repeating the defensive incantations, as the initiatory part of the daily worship, in order to prevent their depriving the worshipper of the benefit, &c., மந்திரத்தினாற் காவற்பண்ண. 2. To cover or overspread with loam or clay, to lute, சீலையால்வாய் கட்ட. கவசந்தரிக்க, inf. To put on a coatof-armor. கைக்கவசம், s. A gauntlet, an iron glove used for defence. மெய்க்கவசம், s. A jacket, a coatof-mail. மார்க்கவசம், s. A breast-plate. தோட்கவசம், s. A leathern jacket. 3)

kc (p. 85) க்கிறது, ந்தது, க்கும், க்க, v. n. To taste bitter, harsh, astringent, &c., கை க்க. 2. To be embittered--as the mind, to be disgusted with, be alienated from, வெ றுக்க. சத்திபதிந்தல்லாதுவிடையங்கசக்கமாட்டாது. Unless divine power be exerted on the mind, sensual objects will not lose their charms. ஒருத்தன்மேலேகசந்திருக்க, inf. To be bitter against any one. கசப்பு, v. noun. Bitterness, astringency, கைப்பு. 2. Disgust, alienation of the affections, வெறுப்பு. துறவிக்குப்பிரபஞ்சங்கசப்பு. Secular things are distasteful to the ascetic. அவ்விரண்டுபெயருக்குட்கசப்புண்டாயிற்று. . . . Those two persons are embittered towards each other. 28)

kāvl (p. 105) s. Defence, protection, preservation, support, keeping, காப்பு. 2. Guard, restraint, அரண். (p.) 3. Surrounding wall, fortification, மதில். 4. A prison, a ward, hold, சிறைச்சாலை; [ex கா.] காவல்தானே பாவையர்க்கழகு. Chastity becomes a woman. காவலன், s. A protector, a guardian, காப்போன். 2. A king, அரசன். 3. A husband, கணவன். 4. One of a king's bodyguard, மெய்க்காப்பாளன். காவலாளர், s. Watchmen, sentinels, watchers, guards, காப்போர். காவலாளி, s. A keeper, a guard, காப் போன்.--Note. In Tinnevelly, this word is invariably used to signify a prisoner and not a watchman, which latter is called காவற்காரன். காவலிருக்க, inf. To be on guard, to keep watch, காவலாயிருக்க. 2. To wait or look, as for a person expected. காவலிலிருக்க, inf. To be in prison or captivity. காவலிலேபோட--காவலில்வைக்க, inf. To imprison. 2. To keep in the patrolhut till morning--as a person found straying during night. காவல்கட்டு, s. A strong guard. 2. Secure protection. 3. Rigid restraint. காவல்கட்டுப்பண்ண, inf. To set a strong guard. 2. To watch closely. 3. To keep young people, &c., in close restraint. 4. [prov.] To attend strictly to the diet of a sick person. காவல்காக்க, inf. To watch, guard, protect. 2. To be on guard, to act as sentries, watchmen, &c. 3. To defend the body by wearing armor, &c., or the head by oils, &c., against disease, which either has attacked the lower extremities, or indicates coma, &c. காவல்செய்ய, inf. To protect, to defend. 2. [prov.] To pass a straw-rope over a heap of corn in the field, or make with it diagrams on the ground, &c., to defend the grain from demons. 3. To place an image of Ganesa (being a handful of moist cow-dung) on the top of a heap of corn before winnowing, as a security from demons.--Note. If it is measured, it is deemed secure against their attack. காவல்பண்ண, inf. To protect, defend, take care of, watch over. 2. To nourish, cherish, provide for. 3. To imprison, to keep under guard, to confine. காவல்மாற, inf. To be relived, changed, &c.--as sentinels or a watch. காவல்மாற்ற, inf. To relieve guard, change watchmen, sentinels, &c. காவல்முறை, s. Turns in watching. காவல்மேரை, s. Share of grain given to the watchman of a village from the thrashing floor. காவல்விட, inf. To release from watching, guarding, &c. காவற்கடவுள்--காவற்பெருமான், s. Vishnu, as the preserver of the world, விஷ்ணு. காவற்கட்டு, s. [prov.] A bundle of paddy sheaves for the watchman. காவற்கட்டை, s. [prov.] A fire-brand kept burning to ward off the female demon கொற்றி from a woman in child-birth, when exposure is greater than at other times. 2. A clump of wood kept burning through the night near a patrol-hut. காவற்கப்பல், s. A reconnoitring vessel, a guard-ship. காவற்காடு, s. A jungle or forest defence, காட்டாண். 2. A reserved forest. காவற்காரர், s. Watchmen, sentinels, a patrol, காப்போர். காவற்கூடம்--காவற்சாலை--காவல்ஸ்த லம், s. A guard-room; a prison-house. காவற்புரி, s. [prov.] A straw-rope thrown over the heap of corn in the field to defend it from demons. அருங்காவல், s. A very strict or powerful guard. தலைக்காவல், s. The main guard. தூக்கிரிக்காவல், s. An overseer of a village. மெல்லுயிர்க்குங்காவல், s. A support or cordial to the languishing mind. 28)

kirētai (p. 111) s. The first of the four yugas. (உள்ளமு.) 20)