the colour of coal or pitch; black colour.

the part of a most of the plants that typically contains the embryo with its protective coat and stored food and which can develop into a new plant under the proper conditions; a seed; a grain.

a tiny, solid particle, as of salt or sand; a grain.

a forest (only in comp.).

that which is low, mean, base or inferior in quality.

that which is lacking elegance, smoothness, etc.

the quality of being so; roughness.

a useless or unimportant man or thing.

a long bamboo staff.

a stick with zigzag surfaced head at one end, used to stir, beat or shake curd in a churn to make butter; a churn-stick.

a slender shaft with a pointed tip and other end being feathered to be shot from a bow; an arrow.

an old unit for measuring the area of a land.

a stick of standard length used for this purpose.

the heavy wood or stone which by revolving in a mortar grinds oil-seeds to extract oil, in a bullock-driven oil mill.

a long pole with a broad blade at one end used for propelling or steering a boat; an oar.

the slender, jointed stem of plants as sugarcane, jowar, etc.

the long beam of the plough.

any of the farm implements, as plough, etc.; an agricultural implement.

lacking refinement, culture or elegance; uncouth, boorish, coarse, vulgar, etc.

morally bad or wrong; acting with an evil intent; depraved; iniquitous; wicked.

a quantity of thread or yarn wound in a coil; a skein.

to commit or get by, theft; to take or appropriate (another's property, ideas, etc.) without permission, dishonestly or unlawfully, esp. in a secret or surreptitious manner; to steal; to thieve.

(dial.) a shallow place in a stream, river, etc., where one can cross by wading or by riding on horseback, in an automobile, etc.

black colour.