noun
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(rightly, ಹಲಗೆ) a long, broad, thick wooden board.
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the board on which chess or dice-game is played.
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one round of play any of these games.
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a board made ready for painting on.
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a kind of defensive shield.
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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.