the thin hard, but breakable outer part of something that has become dry and crisp (as the crust formed on a wound).

a thin piece taken out, broken from (as of a stone by chipping).

the physical body of a person or animal (diff. from the life principle).

the rear end of an arrow that is feathered.

either of the curved extremities of a bow.

an arrow.

(rightly, ಹಲಗೆ) a long, broad, thick wooden board.

the board on which chess or dice-game is played.

one round of play any of these games.

a board made ready for painting on.

a kind of defensive shield.

a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow hemisphere with a wide mouth on which a membrane stretched tightly, played by beating with the sticks; a kind of drum.

= ಹಳುಗು1.

(hist.) a unit of capacity (esp. for measuring oils).

transparent, colourless or slightly tinged quartz; a crystal.

something resembling crystal in transparency, colourlessness and clarity.

a solidified form of a substance in which the atoms or molecules are arranged in a definite pattern that is repeated regularly in three dimensions.

the plant Barleria cristata of Acanthaceae family; purple nail dye plant.

its flower.

the plant Rhinacanthus nasuta ( = R. communis) of Acanthaceae family.

a camphor crystal.

a glow of reflected light; a lustre.

the state or face of being sagging, drooping or sinking own.

the act or retreating or withdrawing from fear, diffidence, etc.

an extent of land irrigated by artificial means as channels; irrigated land.

= ಹಳ್ಳಿಕಾರ - 1.

(fig.) an unsophisticated man.

a slow-witted fellow.