neṟimai (p. 281) s. Rectitude, honesty, நன் னெறி. (R.) 17)

neṭuku (p. 279) கிறேன், நெடுகினேன், வேன், நெ டுக, v. n. To extend, be lengthened, protracted, delayed, நீடிக்க. 2. To grow tall, high, long, to become too tall, உயர. 3. [prov. in burlesque.] To run away, to be gone, as a thing lent or lost, மறைந்துபோக. 4. To die, சாக. நெடுக. inf. [adverbially.] Lengthwise, longitudinally. 2. Straight on, forward, progressively. 3. Protractedly continuously. (c.) நெடுகக்கிடந்துமாய்தல். Being long occupied by a troublesome engagement. நெடுகப்போயுலாவித்திரிதல். Walking about idly. நெடுகஇருத்தல், v. noun. Sitting or extending in a row. 2. Lasting long, enduring. 3. Waiting long. நெடுகஇழுக்க, inf. To drag a great distance. 2. To put off, commonly with some pretence. 3. To lengthen a sound in singing or reading, to drawl. 4. To linger, as a disease, be lengthened, as a law-suit. நெடுகநடக்க, inf. To walk straight along. 2. To last long as power, influence, prosperity. நெடுகப்பிடிக்க, inf. To continue as rain, &c. 2. To pass on without stopping at the usual places. 3. To be long delayed, as rain. 4. [prov.] To waste away, as property. 5. v. a. (c.) To strect or hold a thing at full length. 6. To occupy, or take up time. 7. To protract a speech, an action, &c. நெடுகப்போய்வர, inf. To walk back and forth. 2. To go about idly. நெடகப்போய்நெடுகவந்தால்சோறாகப்படுமா. If you only go and come directly, will there be rice? நெடுகவளர்தல், v. noun. Growing tall as a person or tree. நெடுகவிட, inf. To let out a cord, to veer. 2. To put off a thing, as நெடுக இழுக்க. நெடுகினகாரியம், s. [prov.] A protracted, tedious, wearisome business. 2. A desperate matter. 56)

neytai (p. 279) s. Greatness, dignity, importance, பெருமை. (சது.) 85)

neruṭu (p. 280) s. Rubbing with the fingers, நிமிண்டுகை. 2. Rubbing or twisting two ends of yarn between the finger and thumb to join them, இழைப்பொருத்து. 3. Feeling, groping with the hands, தடவுகை. 4. Knots in cloth from the joinings of the yarn, நூல்நெருடு. 5. [com. நெரடு.] Knotty or abstruse as a passage which is obscure or difficult in construction, கருகல். 6. Rugged or difficult of utterance, from the collocation of certain letters, சொற்சங்கடம். 7. Indistinctness in writing, one stroke running into another, &c., மயக்கவெழுத்து. 8. Guile, deceit, intrigue, வஞ்சனை. (c.) நெருடன்--நெருடுள்ளவன், s. A deceitful, scheming man, வஞ்சகன். நெருடுள்ளபுடவை, s. Knotty cloth. நெருட்டுக்கருத்து, s. An abstruse idea. 2. Abstruse construction of a passage. நெருட்டுப்பாடல், s. [com. நெரடானபா ட்டு.] Abstruse poetry. நெருட்டுப்புத்தி, s. [com. நெரடானபுத் தி.] A guileful disposition, வஞ்சகபுத்தி. 2. Perverted intellect, a mind that takes a wrong course in reasoning, தாறுமாறான மனம்.] 4)

neṟṟiyilvrai (p. 281) --நெற்றிவரை, s. Lines on the forehead. 29)

neyppu (p. 279) s. Pus, matter, சீ. 2. See நெய், v. குருநெய்ப்புக்கொள்ள, inf. To be filled with matter as pustules in small pox. 87)

neṟṟimūñci (p. 281) s. As நெற்றி, 3. 26)

neṭṭūram (p. 279) s. [improp. for நிட்டூரம்.] Harshness, &c. 69)

nettkr (p. 279) s. A plant ஓர்செடி. (R.) 72)

neriñci (p. 279) s. A thistle. See நெருஞ்சி. 93)