a kind of flat, square bamboo basket.

an apparatus made usu. of bamboo, used for winnowing; a winnow.

a man who cannot keep secrets.

a variety of flat-bodied inland fish.

the plant Momordica balsamina of Cucurbitaceae family.

its fruit; balsam apple.

the plant Solanum stramoniaefolium of Solanaceae.

the plant Artemisia vulgaris of Asteraceae family; mugwort.

the act of swallowing something (as food).

that much quantity of food which can be held in the palm (for eating).

food (in gen.).

(collectively) food articles as grain, spices, corn, oil, etc.

the eclipsed portion of the sun or moon.

having little fat or flesh; lean; gaunt.

small in width as compared with the length or height; long and thin; slim; slender.

the quality or fact of being thin or gaunt; thinness.

the quality of being slender; slenderness; slimness.

to cause to invite, call; to cause to come.

the red fluid, containing various suspended cells, circulating in the arteries and veins of the higher animals; blood.

the act of attracting, pulling, drawing.

the act of ploughing.

an old unit of weight of gold or silver.

the rubbing of gold on the touchstone for testing.

a mixture of coarse sand and rock fragments; gravel.

a piece of land having brown soil abounding in pebbles or small rock fragments.