குழையடிக்க

kulaiyatikka

, ''inf.'' To recite incanta tions while shaking and drawing a hand ful of Margosa twigs over a sick or possessed person or animal, or one bitten by a snake. Mesmeric effects, similar to those occasioned by drawing the fingers in a particular way over the face of a patient, are sometimes produced by the above process, and ignorant people attribute them to the power of the incantations. 2. To vheedle; to use artful means in order to secure the interest of a person.

Miron Winslow

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