(p. 220) kāṭani2 (usu. fem.) a spinner. 21)

(p. 208) kaṣā2 astringent; tight; strict, severe; niggardly, close-fisted; constipative (কষা ধাত); (of meat, fish etc.) signed in oil or fat and with spices. v. to try (gold etc.) on a streak-plate; to work out (a mathematical sum); to calculate (price etc.); to singe (meat, fish etc.) in oil or fat and with spices; to tighten; to bind tightly; to tan (hides); to make astringent. ̃কষি n. unswerving enforcement of rule, law etc; rigour, strictness; act of tightening; tugging and counter-tugging; higgling (দরকষাকষি); strained state, estrangement (মনকষাকষি). কষাকষি করা v. to enforce strictness or rigour; to tighten; to contest or try laboriously. দর কষাকষি করা v. to higgle, to chaffer. মন কষাকষি করা v. to estrange oneself (from); to quarrel (with). কষানো v. to singe meat; to tan (hides). কষাটে a. slightly astringent; (fig.) divested of taste or flavour; (fig.) loathsome, disgusting. কষা মাংস n. singed meat; meat cooked with oil and spices. 106)

(p. 259) kōṣṭā jute. 16)

(p. 208) kalki1 the tenth and the last incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) expected to take place in the Kaliyuga (কলিযুগ). ̃পুরাণ n. the name of the scripture announcing and giving an account of this incarnation. 85)

(p. 243) kuśāsaka a bad or unjust ruler or administrator. 93)

(p. 208) kaṣaṭē same as কষাটে । see কষা2 । 103)

(p. 238) kukathā foul or abusive words, indecent or filthy language, obscene talk, ribaldry; (rare) philosophical truths or discussion about the earth; (rare) exposition or explanation of scriptures esp. of the esoteric text of the scriptures. 9)

(p. 243) kumbhīra (for.) the crocodile; the alligator. কুম্ভীরাশ্রু n. crocodile tears, insincere sorrow or sympathy. 39)

(p. 194) kaḍ়i1 a snail-like gastropod resembling a miniature conch, a cowrie; a cowrie-shell (formerly) used as a coin of the smallest denomination; a coin of the smallest denomination (cp. a stiver); money. কানাকড়ি a coin of the smallest denomination which is useless as a medium of exchange; (fig.) of no value, quite ineffective. 49)

(p. 194) kaḍ়ē youngest, smallest; little; young. কড়ে আঙুল the little finger (of the hand or foot.) কড়ে রাঁড়ি a woman widowed in childhood or at an early age, a childwidow. 58)

(p. 192) kakṣanō, kakkhanō at any time, ever; for any reason; in any state or condition, under any circumstances. 18)

(p. 194) kaṭākṣa a side-glance, a sidelong look, an oblique look; significant or meaningful look; reflection, insinuation. কটাক্ষ করা v. to cast a side-glance, to look obliquely or askew; to cast a significant or meaningful look; to insinuate, to reflect on. ̃পাত n. casting a sidelong glance; a sidelong or oblique look; act of casting a significant look; a significant or meaningful look; insinuation, reflection. ̃পাত করা same as কটাক্ষ করা । কটাক্ষে adv. at or by or with a sidelong or meaningful look; by way of insinuation or reflection; in a moment, at once. 19)

(p. 226) kābu weak, feeble; subdued; enfeebled. কাবু করা v. to weaken; to subdue, to defeat by superior strength, to overpower, to enfeeble. কাবু হওয়া v. to become weak, to weaken; to be subdued or enfeebled. 4)

(p. 203) kabyabāha fire believed to carry the food offered to deceased ancestors. 2)

(p. 259) kōṣī a small canoe-shaped spoon (usu. made of copper) for taking up water out of a কোষা । 14)