ڈهینكا

ढेंका ḍheṅkā[prob. S. ःतम्भकः], s.m. A machine for pounding with (a beam working on an upright post as a fulcrum, and having a vertical log, like a pestal, attached to one end, which falls on the substance to be pounded, when the pressure applied at the other extremity in order to raise it, is withdrawn);—the curved piece of wood which passes over the head of the roller of an oil-mill, etc., and presses it down;—the wood by which the moving beam and the upright post in a sugar-mill are joined to one another.