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the fact of being interwoven or connected closely or intricately; a tangle.
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a knob in a thread, cord, rope, etc. formed by passing one free end through a loop and drawing it tight; a knot.
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an ornament made by interweaving some strips, splits, etc.
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a kind of head ornament.
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a kind of necklace.
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a string of decorative beads suspended by the ends to hang as a curve across the doorway.
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(dance.) a particular posture.
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a seizing and holding or being seized and held fast; secure grasp; firm hold.
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ಮಲಕಿನ ಕೋಲು malakina kōlu a particular variety of a folk-dance performed by a group of people, in which short sticks are stuck rythmically in harmony to the song sung, moving within themselves, as the threads in a woven fabric; a kind of morris-dance.
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ಮಲಕು ಬೀಳು malaku bīḷu to be connected closely or intricately with; to be well blended; ಮಲಕಿನ ತೆನೆ malakina tene the top portion of a fortification, projecting upwards, having interwoven structure.