புழுதி

s. [poet. பூழ்தி.] Dust, dried earth, pulverized, or fine mould. 2. Powder, தூள். (c.) புழுதியாய்க்கிடக்கிறது. It is all dusty.

புழுதிகுடிக்க, inf. [vul.] To inhale dust, as snakes. 2. To take in dust involun tarily.

ஏழுதிகுளிக்க--புழுதியாட, inf. To lie in dust, as a child. 2. To be immersed in a drift of dust, also புழுதியளைய.

புழுதிக்காடு, s. A ploughed field.

புழுதிநாற்று, s. Plants, growing on dry ground.

புழுதிப்படலம், s. A drift, cloud, or expanse, of dust.

புழுதிமாயம், s. Deceit, imposture [From the figure of throwing dust in one's eyes.] 2. [fig.] Squandering. (Beschi.)

புழுதியடைய, inf. To grow dusty, retain dust.

புழுதியாக்க, inf. To reduce dry land, to dust, by ploughing.

புழுதியார்க்க, inf. To fill the air with dust. (p.)

புழுதியெடுக்க, inf. To plough the field the third or last time.

புழுதிவிதைக்க, inf. [prov. புழுதிபோட.] To sow a field when it is dry, for the seed to remain in the dust until rain comes.

புழுதிவிதைப்பு, v. noun. Sowing seed in the dust. அடைபற்றினபுழுதி. A clod of dust. (R.)