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Meaning of काठी in English

  • of Saddle
  • Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed.
  • Red.
  • Same as Rede.
  • The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
  • A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis).
  • A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.
  • An arrow, as made of a reed.
  • Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
  • A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube.
  • One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ.
  • A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten.
  • A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
  • Same as Reeding.
  • The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.
  • The trade or employment of a saddler.
  • A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
  • Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick.
  • Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax.
  • A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick.
  • A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used.
  • A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
  • To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
  • To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
  • To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
  • To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
  • To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
  • To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork.
  • To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner.
  • To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type.
  • To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck.
  • To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem.
  • To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
  • To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall.
  • To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely.
  • To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.
  • To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at.
  • To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.

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