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cāḷā m Tricks, pranks, frolics, mischievous practices. 2 A liking or taking to; a fondness for. v लाग. Ex. त्याला गाणें ऐकावयाचा चाळा लागला आहे. 3 A trick, a way, a silly habit: also a habit or way of good or indifferent character. Ex. वाचेसी शिवनामाचा चाळा ॥. 4 A form of mortising, or of intersertion or interlocking of bodies or of parts: viz. that of the dove-tail; of the fingers intertwined with the ends downwards; of the parts of hinges; of the unwoven threads of cloth where divisions are to be made; an articulation or a joint; as हाताचा-मणगटाचा-मानेचा-खवाट्याचा-गुडघ्याचा- चाळा. 5 The name of a class of goblins or fiends. 6 In the loom. The cord connecting the पावडा and the पावसरा. 7 A spot in a web or texture left unwoven, or become open by the slipping aside of the threads. 8 That member of the loom otherwise called ओवी or वही, where see it described.
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