(dial.) a kind of game played by boys in which two boys hold each other's left hand firmly and the third boy tries to unlock the hold.

a group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usu. smaller than a town; a village.

a settling of oneself as a dweller permanently or for a considerably long time.

(hist.) a unit of weight (equal to three tolas).

a unit of time, equal to twenty four seconds.

(hist.) a unit of capacity.

the flesh of animals used as food; meant.

any of several grasses.

the creeper Trichosanthes cucumerina of Cucurbitaceae family.

its gourd.

a baseless accusation or vilification.

a driving out or away of a dog.

that which is blamable, censurable.

deep trouble or misery.

any undesired, uncultivated plant, esp. one growing in profusion so as to crowd out a desired crop; a weed.

the second crop growing from the root after the crop is cut almost to the ground level.

a kind of good quality cloth.

a practice so long established that it has the force of law; a custom.

that which is equal, similar.

the quality of resembling or being equal; resemblance; likeness; equality.

that which is or can be used as an alternative to; that with which something can be replaced perfectly or almost perfectly.

a thing made just like another; imitation of an original; full reproduction or transcription; a copy; a replica; a fascimile.

a forest; jungle; woods.

a kind of wild plant.

(only as the first word in a compound) old.