sūrmi or sūrmī́ f. (rather fr. √sṛ than fr. su + ūrmi
• also written śūrmi and śūrmī) a pipe for conveying water RV. ŚBr
• a kind of tube serving as a candlestick RV. TS. Kāṭh
• a metal image W
• a hollow metal column made red-hot for burning criminals (esp. adulterers) to death Gaut. Mn. &c

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William