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كلس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 كلّس ذ , inf. n. تَكْلِيسٌ, He plastered (طَرَّ) a building with كِلْس; as also ↓ كَلَسَ, inf. n. كَلْسٌ: he made smooth [ with plaster ]: when a thing is thickly plastered, it is termed مُقَرْمَدٌ. (TA.) See كِلْسٌ. ― -b2- As used by the alchemists, [ He calcined a substance;] he dissolved a body so that it became like كِلْس. (TA.)

Derived headwords

كلّسverb
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