(pros.) a syllabic feet consisting of one long syllable between two short ones; Amphibrachys.

the hip and the loins (of a woman).

the hip and the loins.

the external genitals of the female; the pudendum; the vulva.

a military detachment to protect the rear of a main force or body; the rear guard.

= ಜಕ್ಕಿಣಿ.

a dancing to the rhythm of drum-beatings.

(dial.) the lid of a kitchen utensil.

any of annelid, bloodsucking worms of Hirudinea subclass, living in water or wet earth and having a well-developed sucker at each end, and one species of which (Hirudo medicinalis) has been used in medicine, esp. in former times, to bleed patients; a leech.

(fig.) an irritatingly persistent person.

(fig.) a person who extorts ruthlessly as much as possible from another.

a kind of powder, that gives a sparkling effect when sprinkled on a surface.

(dial.) the lid of a kitchen utensil.

= ಜಕ್ಕಿಣಿ.