a short rope to tie a yoke (of a cart or plough) on to the back of the neck of an ox.

to give a blow or hit with or as with the fist, a weapon, hammer, etc.; to strike.

to pound or crush (something) using force.

to compress from two or more sides; to press hard as to extract liquid, juice, etc.; to squeeze.

the male of the bird Cuculus melanoleucus, fabled to live only upon rain drops.

the female of ಚಾತಕ (see above).

= ಚಾತಕ.

= ಚಿತೆ.

to remove the skin of a soaked pulse by squeezing with a finger and the thumb.

the large, spotted carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usu. tawny with black markings; the panther; the leopard.

to remove the skin of a soaked pulse by squeezing with a finger and the thumb.

that which is (soaked and) skinned by squeezing with a finger and the thumb.