தட்டு

s. A salver of gold, silver or other metal, or wood, தட்டம். 2. A circle, வட்டம். 3. Lofts of a car, a floor of a carriage, range of a car, தேர்நடு. 4. A shelf, பரண்தட்டு. 5. A platform, gallery, balcony, piazza, மேன்முகப்புத்தட்டு. 6. Any flat surface--as of a palankeen, coach, &c., சிவிகைமுதலியவற்றின்தட்டு. 7. Upper loft of a house, மேனிலை. 8. The deck of a ship, or other vessel, மரக்கலத்தட்டு. 9. Area, plain surface, table land, &c., சம நிலம். 1. Divisions of a corn field, also of garden beds, சிறுசெய். 11. The surface of any diagram or figure, பரப்பு. 12. Squares formed on the ground for play. (See கிளித்தட்டு.) 13. Panel of a door, a pane of glass, &c., சன்னல்தட்டு. 14. Screen, folded or plain, மறைவுத்தட்டி. 15. [prov.] A thickness of dried palmyra jelly, பனாட்டுத்தட்டு. 16. [among tailors.] Any of the separate parts of the body of a waist-jacket, சீலைத்தட்டு. 17. Lamina, layer, stratum, அடுக்கு. 18. Any of the fourteen worlds, as ranged one above the other, உலகங்களினடுக்கு. 19. A broad, shallow basket of ratan, &c., தட்டுக்கூடை. 2. Winnowing or sifting fan, முறம். 21. A silver tea-board, tray, or any flat and shallow vessel, கமலத்தட்டு. 22. Scales of a balance, தராசுத்தட்டு. 23. A shield, a buckler, கேடகம். 24. A potter's wheel, குயவன்திரிகை. 25. The square pieces of an old necklace called உட்கட்டுத்தட்டு. 26. A small necklace of similar description or the pieces called தட்டுமணி. 27. A hand-mill, இயந்திரம். 28. A flat round cake of wax, மெழுகுத்தட்டு. 29. A square frame to which snares are fastened, to catch birds, வலைத்தட்டு. 3 Mortise or notch in the edge of a board to receive another, சட்டம். 31. An inferior country horse, or pony, மட்டக்குதிரை. 32. A curve, or bend, வளைவு. (c.)

தட்டடித்தல், v. noun. Cutting out or making a notch or mortise in the edge of a board.

தட்டுக்கொடி, s. [prov.] A kind of paper kite with eight angles.

தட்டகப்பை, s. A spoon used in cooking rice-cakes. Compare சட்டகப்பை.

தட்டுச்சுளகு, s. A broad, shallow, win nowing fan, commonly square.

தட்டுச்சுற்று, v. noun. Waving a salver with burning camphor before an idol.

சோற்றுத்தட்டு, s. A perforated cover for straining congy water from boiled rice.

பூந்தட்டு, s. A salver for presenting flowers.

தட்டுமணி, s. A necklace of ornamented squares of gold.

தட்டுமூட, inf. To join a mortise, a seam, &c.

தட்டுவைக்க, inf. To attach snares to the squares, to catch birds. 2. To give one a knock on the head, to give a tap.

தட்டுக்கிளி--தட்டுக்கிழி, s. A kind of jumping play from square to square. 2. The squares of the play.

தட்டுக்கிளிபாய--தட்டுப்பாய, inf. To jump in தட்டுக்கிளி play.

தட்டுக்கூடை, s. A broad, shallow basket.

தட்டுப்பனாட்டு, s. [prov.] Well dried cakes of palmyra jelly.

தட்டுமுட்டு, s. Furniture, goods and chattels, articles of various kinds. 2. Apparatus, tools, Instruments, imple ments, utensils 3. Luggage, baggage.

தட்டுருவ, inf. To pass through several things, folds, masses, &c., at once. 2. To penetrate, pass through, perforate.

தட்டுவாணி, s. An inferior country horse. 2. A common woman, வேசி.

தட்டோடு, s. Flat tiles. See ஓடு.

v. noun. Knock, tap, stroke, pat, rap, தட்டுகை. 2. Breaking, knocking, patting, தட்டல். 3. Scarcity, straits, extre mity, குறை. 4. Drawing near, கிட்டுகை. 5. Warding off, averting, நீக்கல். 6. Evasion, prevarication, புரட்டு. 7. A dexterous per formance or man&oe;uvre, உபாயம். 8. Stalk of grain, பயிர்த்தாள். 9. Striking against, collision, முட்டுதல். 1. Frustration, thwart ing, விலக்கு. 11. Opposition, check, impe diment, தடை. 12. Getting money by de ception, swindling, பித்தலாட்டம். 13. (fig.) A cunning remark, a repartee, an insinu ation, சூத்திரப்பேச்சு. 14. Patting, மெய்ப்பரிசத் திலொன்று. 15. Publishing by striking a gong, &c., தாளம்போடல்.--Note. In many of these meanings the word is used in cant. (c.) அவனுக்குநல்லதட்டு. He had a good profit. சாப்பாட்டுக்குஇப்போதுஅதிகதட்டு. Now a days, I am much straitened for food. ஒருதட்டுத்தட்டிவிட்டான். He has warded it off, acquitted himself well, given a gentle blow. ஒருதட்டுத்தட்டியிருக்கிறார். He has said some thing to frustrate the matter, or thrown in a word, &c. [prov.] தட்டிலும்வீச்சிலுங்காரியம்பார்க்க. To make a display and shift the expense on others. தட்டிலேவயிறுவளர்க்க. To support one's self at another's expense.

தட்டுக்காரன், s. A rogue, a cunning fellow. 2. An evader, a prevaricator.

தட்டுத்தட்ட, inf. To give a tap. 2. To evade. 3. To thwart or frustrate. 4. To act dexterously.

தட்டுத்தடவல், v. noun. As தட்டல்த டவல், which see.

தட்டாயிருக்க, inf. To be destitute, to be in straits. செலவுக்குத்தட்டாயிருக்கிறது. We are in want of the means of subsistence.

தட்டுக்கொட்டு, v. noun. [prov.] Exterior show without accomplishing one's wish. 2. A bauble, gew-gaw. 3. Living by stratagem, &c.

தட்டுத்தடக்கு, v. noun. Hesitation, impediment. தட்டுத்தடக்கில்லாமல்வாசிக்கிறான். He reads fluently.

தட்டுத்தாவரம், s. [prov.] Resort, re source, refuge, புகலிடம்.

தட்டுப்பட, inf. To be hit, to be struck--commonly accidentally. 2. To be tapped or beaten as a drum, cymbal, &c. 3. To lack, to be wanting--as stores, money, rain, &c. 4. To be felt by contact. 5. To be stopped in pro gress, as a vehicle, a performer, &c., To be understood. அவன் என்கண்ணுக்குத்தட்டுப்படவில்லை. I have not seen him any where. இப்போதுதான்எனக்குத்தட்டுப்பட்டது. Now I understand it.

தட்டுண்டுபோக, inf. To be beaten off, scattered. 2. To be all threshed out--as rape-seed. 3. To be thwarted, to fail, as an expected good. 4. To be upset, overturned. 5. To exchange commodities clandestinely, and fraudu lently.

தட்டுக்கெட, inf. To be greatly alarmed, to stand aghast. 2. To be in extremity, in destitution. 3. To suffer loss. தட்டுக்கெட்டுத்தடுமாறிப்போனான். He was greatly surprized.

தட்டுக்கெட்டசமாசாரம், s. A compli cated business.

தட்டுக்கேடு, v. noun. Extremity, want, destitution. 2. Loss. 3. Perplexity, surprize. 4. Defeat, discomfiture, ruin.

தட்டுமாறி, appel. noun. A swindler.

கிறேன், தட்டினேன், வேன், தட்ட, v. a. To knock at, as a door, கதவைத்தட்ட. 2. To strike, as a gong; to tap, pat, slap, அறைய. 3. To touch or strive so as to displace, to shake off as dust, &c., தட்டிய திர்க்க. 4. To reject, as a temptation, to discard, விலக்க. 5. To strike in playing on drums, tambourines, the guitar, &c., with a plectrum, or otherwise, கொட்ட. 6. To strike against, commonly accidentally. dash against, மூட்ட. 7. To strike or ward off, to parry, தடுக்க. 8. To evade, palliate, equivocate, புரட்ட. 9. To frustrate, thwart, குலைக்க. 1. To procure one's dismissal from office, அகற்ற. 11. To soften palmyra fruit by beating, நொறுக்க. 12. To oppose, contra dict, disobey a command, மறுக்க. 13. To beat and break shells to get the kernels. உடைக்க. 14. To fashion, form, mould, with the hands, by tapping--as clay, dough, &c., மட்கலந்தட்ட. 15. To beat off fruit, leaves, &c., from trees, உதிர்க்க. 16. To thrash out rape-seed, &c., கதிரடிக்க. 17. To clap on, as cow-dung on a wall, அப்ப. 18. To hammer, to flatten, தட்டையாக்க. 19. (fig.) To conquer, vanguish, முறியடிக்க. 2. (fig.) To suggest a thought, நினைவெழுப்ப. 21. To dissuade, மறிக்க. 22. [prov.] To throw out water with the foot, hand, basket, &c., நீரெற்ற. 23. [in cant.] To steal, pilfer, swindle, to get by deceit or stratagem, கவர. 24. [in burlesque.] To trip, knock down, to destroy--as an epide mic, தட்டிவீழ்த்த. 25. [with loc. ablative.] To resist an obstacle, to come in contact with, பட. 26. To run aground or strike against, as a vessel, to clash, மோத. 27. [with dative.] To be perceived as a smell, வாசனைதட்ட. 28. [with dative.] To be scanty, wanting, as food, rain, water, &c., to be reduced, as the milk of a cow, குறைவுபட. 29. To elude, to escape, தப்ப. 3. [with dative.] To be at fault, to fail, as the hand playing on an instrument, writing, per forming an operation, &c., or the tongue in reading or speaking, &c., தவற. 31. To hobble as a verse, தலைகாட்ட.--Note. The meanings are often cant. அனேகரைக்காய்ச்சல்தட்டிப்போட்டது. The fever has prostrated many persons. தண்ணீர்தலைதட்டநிற்கிறது. The water is head deep. [prov.] தலையைத்தட்டிப்போட்டது. It has carried off his head. தேடியபொருள்காலிலேதட்டினதுபோல. As if the thing sought for, had struck against the foot; i. e. getting accidentally the thing desired. நெஞ்சிலேதட்டிப்பார். Knock at your own breast, and inquire. பல்லைத்தட்டிவிடு. Knock out his teeth. மரங்கள் தெருத்தட்டநிற்கின்றன. The trees extend the whole length of the street. [prov.] தொண்டைக்குள்ளேஏதோதட்டுகிறது. There is something in my throat obstructing the passage. அவன்என்வார்த்தையைத்தட்டிப்போட்டான். He has disobeyed me. மழைதட்டிப்போயிற்று. Rain is deficient. அரிசித்தட்டிப்போயிற்று. The rice is nearly exhausted; or rice is very dear and scarce. தட்டாமல்முட்டாமல் விழுங்கிப்போட்டான். He has swallowed it (his large income) with out difficulty. [prov.]

தட்டாமல்வைக்க, inf. To place things so as not to touch each other.

தட்டவைக்கப்பார்க்க--தட்டவைக்கநி னைக்க, inf. To put one on a wrong scent when in pursuit of another.

தட்டிக்கிளம்ப--தட்டியெழும்ப, inf. To rice grow high, or tall. 2. To rise to affluence, influence, &c. 3. To be animated with joy, or zeal for an enter prize; to be roused with anger.

தட்டிக்கேட்க, inf. To speak or re monstrate.

தட்டிக்கொடுக்க, inf. To quiet, to lull by tapping. 2. To cheer, to encourage men or beasts by patting on the back, shoulders, &c. 3. [in prison bars.] To tap a person so that another may grasp him.

தட்டிக்கொள்ள, inf. To be exhausted, to be in want. 2. To strike against, to be resisted, by an obstacle. 3. To be retarded in reading, speaking, or busi ness. 4. To fail, to prove inadequate. 5. To shake off the dust by striking the foot upon the ground. மேலேதட்டிக்கொள்ளாதே. Don't come in contact with me--said by one afraid of defilement. கப்பல்நிலந்தட்டிக்கொண்டது. The ship is aground, striking, &c.

தட்டிச்சொல்ல, inf. To contradict. 2. [prov.] To speak, or repeat a lesson with hesitation; to stammer.

தட்டிப்பறிக்க, inf. To strike and snatch away. 2. To get by stratagem.

தட்டிப்பறைசாற்ற, inf. To publish by beat of drum. 2. To blab out private matters, to asperse one's character.

தட்டிப்பார்க்க, inf. To try to fish out secrets from one. 2. To sit one's erudi tion, caste, property, &c. 3. To try silver coins, by ringing, and snapping them with the fingers.

தட்டிப்பேச, inf. To oppose, to re monstrate, to object, to protest against.

தட்டிப்போட, inf. To strike and spill; to over-turn, &c. 2. (fig.) To over come one in a game, &c.

தட்டிமாற, inf. To evade, shift a fault upon another; to baffle one and escape. 2. To give one a heavy blow.

தட்டியெடுத்துக்கொள்ள, inf. To se cure a thing for one's self, deceiving an other. 2. To get a thing in spite of the endeavours of others.

தட்டியெழுப்ப, inf. To tap and rouse one.

தட்டியோட்ட, inf. (also. அதட்டியோ ட்ட.) To drive beasts rapidly.

தட்டிவிட, inf. To strike and over turn. 2. To cheer by patting the shoulders of combatants, &c. 3. To animate, encourage. 4. To frustrate. 5. To contradict, refuse. 6. [prov.] To change the position of different yokes of oxen, in ploughing, putting the hin dermost, forward, &c. 7. To cause the oxen to turn back to deepen the fur rows. 8. (c.) To drive cattle faster, to accelerate their speed. இனித்தட்டிவிடு. Wait no longer.

தட்டிவைக்க, inf. [prov.] To suggest, to throw in a word to effect an object; to speak once, expecting to speak again on the subject.

தலைதட்டியளக்க, inf. To strike the measure. See தடவு, v.

சொல்லைத்தட்ட, inf. To disobey one's command. 2. To contradict. 3. To speak before another has finished.