কষা২ : (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. 228) kārpāsa cotton; cotton plant. কার্পাস বীজ n. cotton seed. 42)

(p. 232) kālē bhadrē rarely; seldom, once in a while, once in a blue moon; occasionally, now and then. 29)

(p. 239) kucamukha same as কুচাগ্র । 8)

(p. 262) kramāgata coming serially or gradually; serial, gradual; succeeding gradually; successive; continuous, incessant. adv. incessantly, continuously; always. 10)

(p. 243) kuraba an ugly or harsh voice or sound; a disgraceful report, a scandal; obscene language or words. a. having an ugly or harsh voice or sound. 47)

(p. 208) kali2 a bud; a shingling style of hairdressing, shingle; the Vaishnavic (বৈষ্ণবীয়) style of painting one's face with sandal-paste (রসকলি); a line of a verse or a song. 72)

(p. 228) kāraṇābhāba absence of cause; (loos.) absence of (adequate) evidence. 15)

(p. 194) kabaja1 a receipt (esp. for the rent paid); a note of hand, a bond. 167)

(p. 243) kuśala1 well-being, weal. a. being well, in weal. কুশলী a. being well, in weal. কুশল জিজ্ঞাসা, কুশল প্রশ্ন n. inquiries about well-being or weal; cordial greeting; good wishes. কুশল হোক may you be in weal, may peace and happiness be with you. 91)

(p. 243) kuśala2 expert, skilled, proficient, dexterous. adroit. ̃তা n. expertness, skill, skilfulness, proficiency, dexterity, adroitness. কুশলী inc. var. of কুশল2 । 92)

(p. 204) kaẏāla one whose profession is to weigh goods, esp. cereals, at the time of transaction; a professional weighing man, a weighman, a weigher. কয়ালি n. the profession of a weigher; weighage. 15)

(p. 248) kusbabhāba bad nature or conduct or character. a. ill-natured; of bad conduct or character. fem. a কুস্বভাবা । 14)

(p. 248) kṛtī proficient; successful; one who has accomplished a great task or has been successful in a great effort; successful in life; well-educated, erudite, learned. 53)

(p. 240) kupitā1 of কুপিত । 67)

(p. 251) kṛśara, kṛśarānna kedgeree; a kind of edible hotchpotch (usu. made of rice, pigeonpulse, spices and sometimes vegetables). 10)