Meaning of நாய் in English

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).
A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.
One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).
An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.
A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.
An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.
A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.
To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.
Sullenness; moroseness.
Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.
A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.
A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal.
The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot.