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زوق
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaمُزَوَّقٌ ذ Washed over with [زَاوُوق or] زِئْبَق [i. e. quicksilver ]; applied to a dirhem. (TA.) Decorated therewith (TA) [or with an amalgam of quicksilver and gold subjected to the action of fire so that the quicksilver is evaporated ]. ― -b2- And hence, (TA,) Anything decorated, or embellished, (S, O, Msb, K, TA,) though not having in it زِئْبَق. (S, O.) See زَاوُوقٌ. ― -b3- Also, applied to speech, or language, (assumed tropical:) Embellished: (Kr, TA:) and applied to a book, or writing, [in the same sense: (see 2:) or] as meaning (tropical:) rectified, or corrected; like مُزَوَّرٌ. (AZ, TA.)
Derived headwords
مُزَوَّقٌ
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