(p. 208) kala3 a machine; an engine; a device, a contrivance, an artifice; a lock (বাক্সের কল); (of a gun) a trigger or lock; a factory, a mill; a workshop, a means, a way (পরিত্রাণের কল জানা); a trap (ইঁদুরকল); a tactic, a stratagem. ̃কাঠি নাড়া v. to pull the string or wire, to exert hidden influence. ̃কৌশল n. a device. কল খাটানো v. to set a trap; to have recourse to a ploy or artifice. কল টেপা v. to advise or instigate secretly; to pull the wires, to intrigue. কল পাতা v. to set a trap. কলে-কৌশলে adv. by hook or crook; tactfully. কলে তৈরি a. millmade; machine-made. কলের গাড়ি a steam-engine; a railway train; an automobile. কলের গান a gramophone. কলের জল tap-water. কলের জাহাজ a steamship, a steamer. কলের পুতুল a spring-doll, a marionette, a puppet; (fig.) a person who acts just as one directs him. কলের মানুষ (fig.) a person who acts just as one directs him, a puppet; a person without free will or personality. কলের মজুর a mill-hand. 39)
