noun
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a long bamboo staff.
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a stick with zigzag surfaced head at one end, used to stir, beat or shake curd in a churn to make butter; a churn-stick.
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a slender shaft with a pointed tip and other end being feathered used to be shot from a bow; an arrow.
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an old unit for measuring the area of a land.
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a stick of standard length used for this purpose.
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the heavy wood or stone which by revolving in a mortar grinds oil-seeds to extract oil, in a bullock-driven oil mill.
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a long pole with a broad blade at one end used for propelling or steering a boat; an oar.
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the slender, jointed stem of plants as sugarcane, jowar, etc.
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the long beam of the plough.
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any of the farm implements, as plough, etc.; an agricultural implement.
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ಗಣೆ ಮರ gaṇe mara (fig., sometimes sarc.) a tall, lean person; ಡೊಂಬರ ಸಾವು ಗಣೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ, ಬಿಲ್ಲವರ ಸಾವು ಮರದ ಮೇಲೆ ḍombara sāvu gaṇeya mēle, billavara sālu marada mēle (prov.) to him he who professes a dangerous profession for his living, the profession may itself prove to be fatal.