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any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy; medicine.
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a substance fed along with food, that acts as a slow-poison.
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anything or means that relieves from pain, distress, agony, harm, etc.
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a means (as a mystical word, formula, incantation, etc.) used to bring a peson under spell.
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a substance that can explode, as gunpowder.
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a usu. small paper cylinder that contains an explosive and an attached fuse and makes a sharp noise when exploded: used at celebrations, etc.; a fire-cracker.
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ಮದ್ದರೆ maddare = ಮದ್ದಿಕ್ಕು - 2; ಮದ್ದಿನ ತಿಲಕ maddina tilaka a thin, vertical mark made on the forehead with the paste of a substance which is supposed to have the power to mesmorise; ಮದ್ದು ತಾಗು maddu tāgu (fig.) (a means, trick, etc.) to prove to be effective; ಮದ್ದು ಮಾಡು maddu māḍu = ಮದ್ದಿಕ್ಕು - 2; 2. to find a means to counter, win over, achieve (something); ಮದ್ದುಹಾಕು maddu hāku = ಮದ್ದಿಕ್ಕು - 2.