s. f, shield; protection; inclination, slope, declivity; usage, custom, fashion, currency; an instalment of revenue; import; diminution of metal in melting:—ḍhál báṇchh, wáṇchh, s. f. An instalment of revenue; a collection of different duties:—ḍhál paiṉí, or páuṉí, v. a. To collect revenue, &c:—ḍhálmáṉ, wáṉ, s. m. A declivity, a slope; one of an easy and obliging disposition:—ḍhálmáṇ, ḍhálwáṇ, a. Inclining, sloping; cast (metal):—ḍhál talwár, s. m. lit. Shield and sword; met. an animal or thing with one horn or side erect and the other bent downward.