tame, train

uncover, remove purdah

set up or erect a cover

seek cover

behind, under cover, in ambush, under the pretence of

anything natural or man-made behind which one can hide, cover, covert, hide, screen, fence, wall

at the pretext of time

the knee

marrow, kernel, pith

a country road

observe purdah to hide oneself

look for a pretext

to extract pulp out of a fruit

soft dough for feeding birds, a lump of kneaded clay

a dialec. form of goṅḍā,

(of children) have bellyache due to constipation

Ād (Arabic: عَادٌ‎) was an ancient tribe mentioned frequently in the Qurʾan, ancient Semitic race, allusion-name of an ancient Arabian tribe

adopt underhand means, do something covertly