s. m, sugar mill; a machine for seeding cotton; a rolling pin; a small roller for rolling flour into a cake (roṭí); the stick (also called ḍherní) with which the hand of a bridegroom is struck as a part of a marriage ceremony;—v. a. To press (sugarcane); to seed cotton; to roll (dough); to mash (dál); to strike the bridegroom's hand i. q. Velṉá.