ஆலை

s. A press for pressing sugar cane, &c., கரும்பாலை. 2. (p.) Vinous or spirituous liquor, கள். 3. (fig.) Oppres sion, affliction, உபத்திரவம். ஆலையில்லாவூருக்கிருப்பைப்பூச்சருக்கரை. The flower of the இருப்பை tree is sugar, where there is no sugar-cane-press; i. e. a person of mean abilities is esteemed in those places, where men of superior talents are rare.

ஆலைபாய்தல், v. noun. Working at the sugar-cane-press. (p.) 2. (c.) Being undecided, vacillating, மனச்சுழற்சி. ஆலைபாயரவம். The sound of working at the sugar-cane-press. (சேதுப்.)

ஆலைமாலை, s. Trouble, vexation, அலைச்சல்.

ஆலையாட்ட, inf. To press sugar cane in the mill, to express juice in the sugar-cane-press.