a seasoning of food with oil, spices, asafoetida, etc.

a woman who is supposed to bring bad luck, jeopardy, peril, etc. to another or others.

a man living in a city; a city-dweller.

a superior variety of silk cloth.

a thin, short stick with a band of cloth wound about at one end, ued to move the corn while popping.

a heavy, flat, square metal or wooden piece with a long handle fixed vertically at the centre, used to level the ground by ramming.