the small finch like bird Passer domesticus of the family Ploceidae, with brown and grey plumage; a house sparrow.

any large bird of the genus Corvus, having a powerful black beak, a harsh call, and usu. glossy black plumage; a crow.

to move up and down frequently.

to play or frolic in a boisterous lively way; to make merry; to jump.

to move the body and feet in rhythm ordinarily to music; to dance.

to stir (a liquid or pasty item) as to make the sediments suspend throughout; to agitate slightly.

to beat, shake (milk or cream) in a churn.

to get stirred, agitated, perturbed.

to spoil the calmness, serenity; to rouse to violent action.

name of a region in the east India; the present Orissa state.

the fork-tailed shrike, Lanius forficutus.

the bird Cuculus melanoleucus.

the plant Wrightia zeylanica (= W. antidysentrica) tinctoria of Apocynceae family.

its seed.

the black bird, Merula musica with a fine note.

any of a family (Laniidae) of predatory, shrill-voiced passerine birds with hooked beaks, gray, black, and white plumage, and long tails, most types of which feed on insects, some on small birds, frogs, etc., which they may impale on thorns before eating; a shrike.

skill in using one's hands or body; adroitness; dexterity.

a mark that mars the appearance, as a stain, spot, scar, etc.; a mark left on the skin or other tissue after a wound, burn, ulcer, pustule, lesion, etc. has healed; cicatrix ; a scar.

any flaw, defect, stigma or shortcoming; deficiency.

sharp criticism.

an imputation of wrongdoing; blame; stigma; a slur; condemnation; censure.

a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown coating formed on iron or steel by oxidation, esp. as a result of moisture; rust.

a mark that mars the appearance, as a stain, spot, scar, etc. ; a mark left on the skin or other tissue after a wound, burn, ulcer, pustule, lesion, etc. has healed; cicatrix.

any flaw, defect, stigma or shortcoming; deficiency.

the black colour.

name of a country.

people of that country.

any ruler of that country.

a large, very poisonous snake (Orthiophagus hannah); hamadryad; a king cobra.

(in gen.) a kind of poisonous black serpent; a black cobra.

the trailing plant Ipomoea batatas of Convolvulaceae family with purplish flowers.

its fleshy, brownish, butterlike root used as a vegetable; sweet potato.