(p. 467) tēla oil; fat (মাছটায় বেশ তেল); a lubricant (মোটরগাড়ির তেল); (sarcas. & sl.) strength, power, courage, vanity, audacity (তার বড় তেল বেড়েছে). তেল দেওয়া v. to oil; to lubricate; to flatter, to butter up, to gloze. নিজের চরকায় তেল দেওয়া (fig.) to oil one's own machine, to mind one's own business, to go about one's own business. পায়ে তেল দেওয়া (fig.) to flatter servilely. তেল পড়া v. to infuse charm into oil by incantation. তেল মাখা v. to smear or massage or rub one's own body with oil. তেল মাখানো v. to rub or smear with oil; to lubricate; to smear or massage another's body with oil; to flatter or fawn on servilely. তেলে-বেগুনে জ্বলে ওঠা to fly out fretfully; to flare up in anger, to blaze with anger or indignation. ̃কল n. an oil-mill. ̃কাষ্টে গন্ধ n. an unpleasant smell of old oily substances. ̃কুচকুচে, ̃চুকচুকে a. as glossy as oil; so profusely smeared with oil as to look glossy. ̃চিটা, ̃চিটে a. thickly soiled (as dregs of oil), sticky and dirty. ̃তেলে a. oily, smooth; slippery. ̃ধুতি n. a short loincloth worn when one smears his body with oil. ̃পড়া n. charmed oil (used for curing diseases). 34)
