Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
[śvi adhikaraṇe kta saṃpra0 dīrghaḥ Tv.] 1 The soft palate, uvula.
2 A slaughter house in general.
3 Anything (such as a piece of household furniture), whereby life is likely to be destroy- ed; (these are five; a fire place, a grind-stone, a broom, a mortar, and a water-pot; paṃca śūnā gṛhasthasya cullī peṣaṇyupaskaraḥ. kaṃḍanī codakuṃbhaśca vadhyate yāstu vāhayan Ms. 3. 68.)