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سحج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مِسْحَجٌ ذ The [ instrument called ] مِبْرَاة with which one pares, or shapes, wood. (O, K.) ― -b2- [And hence, app., A rain that is as though it pared the surface of the earth. Accord. to Freytag, مَسْحَجٌ occurs in this sense in the Deewán of Jereer: pl. مَسَاحِجُ: but the correct word is evidently مِسْحَجٌ.] ― -b3- Also, and ↓ مِسْحَاجٌ, (O, K, TA,) A wild ass that bites [ other asses ] much, or frequently: (TA:) [or each signifies, though not so expl. in the TA,] an ass [i. e. a wild ass] that runs a pace falling short of such as is vehement. (O. K.)

Derived headwords

مِسْحَجٌ
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