to twist with the fingers the ends of two threads to join them.

to cause to join.

to embed ( a small thing as a gem, etc.) into an ornament or to inlay decorative article into a surface of wood, metal etc.

a lump of two threads fastened together; a knot.

a union; a junction.

red colour (or any of its shades).

the central, essential core portion, of wood; the heart of a tree.

quality of character or temperament; esp., high quality of character; spirit; courage; ardour; mettle.

the quality of having a high, esp. an excessively high, opinion of one's own worth or importance; inordinate self-esteem; pride; conceit; vanity.

hair of the head.

a bundle or knot of the hair of the head.

interwoven or matted hair.

a dry or healed sore; a scar.

a binding; a band.

a cloud.

the hem of a garment.

a hard, amorphous, brittle, usu. transparent, substance, a bad conductor of electricity, made of the oxides of silicon; glass.

a net-work of rope or metal string hung from roof-beam of the house for keeping vessels; a swinging shelf.

an eye-diseae.

a sewn cloth, tight-fitting underwear, worn as girding for the loins; an underclothing.

the plant Arum colocasia.

its esculent root.

a garden plant Curcuma zerumbet (= C. zeodarina, = Amonum zerumbet) of Zingiberaceae family; zedoary.

short, indistinct sounds made in rapid succession (as of some birds, insects, etc.); the chattering sound of monkeys.

either of two milk-secreting glands protruding from the upper, front part of a woman's body; a breast.

the period of life coming between boyhood or girlhood and maturity; youth.