(p. 418) cirata or చిరుత chirata. [Tel.] n. A piece of wood, a wedge, a cudgel. చిన్నకోల, గొడియ. Also, the round piece of wood at the end of a native canoe. A castanet. చిరతలు pincers used in pinching the fingers as a torture. చిరతలవేయు to torture with pincers or thumb screws. See under చిరు.