a dark powder which women used to apply on lips

Door-keeper.

to weigh

to apply a powder composed of yellow myrobalan, gall-nut, iron-filings, vitriol, used for tinging the teeth

in large quantity

widow's husband in lower cast of Hinduism

emergency need, difficulties

cheat, deception, fraud, to betray someone

mourning, lamentation (esp. with breast-beating), sound of breast-beating, , intensely, noisily

layer or stain of missi or dentifrice on the lips and teeth

something to sell quickly

paint one's lips dark

allusion to a situation in which a person is unjustly held responsible for other's mistakes