to mark, break or cut the surface of slightly with or as with nails.

to tear or dig with the nails or claws.

an irritating sensation on the skin that makes one want to scratch the affected part; itch; tingling.

the climber Grewia orientalis of Tiliaceae plant.

a contagious skin disease with severe itching and red papules, caused by the itch mite; scabies.

a beggar's alms-vessel.

pellets of frozen rain falling in showers from cumulonimbus clouds; hail.

a water-jar.

a festival observed on the full moon-day of the 12th month of a lunar year, in which a man, dressed as a woman runs on the roads carrying on his head jars filled with water without holdig them.

a folk dance prevailing in some parts of Tamiḷ Nāḍu and Kēraḷa.

ಕರಗದಮ್ಮ karagadamma a female deity of ಕರಗ.

a man of black complexion.

that which is burnt to charcoal.

a black paste made by burning the dried skin of plantain fruit, with water, used to have a sectarian mark on the forehead with.

(dial.) the black crust which forms at the bottom of a cooking pot or a frying pan.

a woman of black complexion.

to be or become charred with excess heat or by burning.