cruel

hardness, firmness, stiffness, toughness

a tough day, time of trouble

high price

thunders (of lighting)

shallow wide-mouthed iron boiler (for boiling sugar in) a boiling-pan, boiler, cauldron (also written karhaya)

a crash (as of anything breaking, or of a falling house, burst of thunder

very large shallow cauldron

small cauldron, frying-pan, metal utensil for frying

brink, precipice, declivity, the perpendicular bank of river

hard times, trying time

stiffen, make tough

successive sounds of crashes, crackling

cook anything as offering

to starve

(of pan) be placed on fire to cook food, to frying of the dish

if you licked the pot, it would rain on your wedding day (a reproach to prevent a child from licking the pot)

a ring to lay hold of, a hold, handle, a holdfast, a handcuff