any of predatory, shrill-voiced passerine birds of Laniidae family, with hooked beaks, grey, black, and white plumage, and long tails, which feed on insects, and on small birds, frogs, etc.; a shrike.

in hand spinning, a rounded rod, usu. wooden, tapering toward each end, for twisting into thread the fibres pulled from the material on the distaff, and notched at one end so as to hold the thread; a spindle.

the quantity of thread that is wound on a spindle.

a bruise on the upper arm caused by a sudden stroke.

ಕುಕ್ಕಡಿ ಏಳು kukkaḍi ēḷu (a bruise from a sudden stroke) to raise on the upper arm.

in high degree; excessive; (taste, smell etc.) strong.

a kind of weapon having metal projections.

a piece of cloth wrapped around a staff at one end and dipped in oil, lighted and used as a torch.

a thick wick.

the surrounding place; proximity.

the vine Cucumis sativus of Cucurbitaceae family.

its edible gourd; cucumber.

to be dressed in dark-blue or black clothes.

= ಕಕ್ಕಡ1.

a deep, thick forest.

a place which is far away from other towns and difficult to live in; the back of beyond.