an inflamed, painful, pus-filled swelling on the skin, caused by localised infection; a furuncle; a boil.

a kind of flat, sweet cake made on a flat pan.

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

(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).

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

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

a small piece taken out from a whole; a fragment.

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

= ಹಳ್ಳಿಕಾರ - 1.

(fig.) an unsophisticated man.

a slow-witted fellow.