(p. 329) ghaṭṭana act of abrading, abrasion; act of pounding; act of stirring; act of causing to occur, act of bringing about; act of forming; formation. ঘট্টনী n. a pestle. 20)

(p. 329) gharṣaṇa, gharṣa act of rubbing or grazing, abrasion; act of scouring; (esp. in sc.) friction. ঘর্ষণ করা v. to rub; to graze; to abrade; to scour. ঘর্ষণাঙ্ক n. (sc.) coefficient of friction. ঘর্ষণীয় a. that which is to be or can be rubbed or scoured. ঘর্ষবিদ্যুত্ n. (phys.) frictional electricity. ঘর্ষিত a. rubbed; grazed; abraded; scoured. 59)

(p. 329) ghaṣaṭānō, ghaṣaḍ়ānō to drag along something hard; to graze; to abrade; (fig.) to practise or read or try repeatedly or continuously ঘষটানি, ঘষড়ানি n. an instance or act of dragging along something hard; an instance or act of grazing; abrasion; (fig.) repeated or continuous practice or reading or effort. 60)

(p. 532) dhātu a metal; a mineral; mettle (লোকটি শক্ত ধাতুতে গড়া); temperament, disposition (শিল্পিদের ধাতুই আলাদা); (physiol.) any one of the four constituent fluids of the body, a humour; semen, sperm (ধাতুদৌর্বল্য); any one of the principal constituents of the physical world (namely, earth, water, fire, air, and atmosphere), an element; (gr.) a verbal root. অবরধাতু a base metal. বরধাতু a noble metal. ̃কল্প a. metalloid. ̃ক্ষয় n. (passive) loss of seminal fluid, seminal emission; (rare) abrasion of metal. ̃গত a. temperamental; constitutional, characteristic; seminal; (rare) metallic. ̃গর্ভ a. impregnated with minerals or metals, mineral; (of a Buddhist temple) containing the remains of a holy person's corpse. ̃ঘটিত a. of or made of metal, metallic; mineral; (of medicine) having metal as a constituent; concerning semen. ̃দৌর্বল্য n. spermatorrhoea. ̃দ্রাবক n. borax. ̃নিঃস্রব n. a flowing out of molten metal, lava; a flowing out of semen. ̃পাত্র n. a metal vessel. ̃পোষক a. nourishing, nutritive. ̃বল্লভ n. borax. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা n. metallurgy. ̃বিদ n. metallurgist. ̃ময় a. full of or made of or impregnated with metal, metallic or mineral. ̃মল n. rust. ̃মাক্ষিক n. sulphate of iron or pyrite. ̃রূপ n. conjugation. ̃লেপন n. plating. 72)