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أَدْسَمٌ

Root: دسم

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أَدْسَمٌ , and its fem. دَسْمَآءُ: see دَسِمٌ.
2 دَسْمَآءُ also signifies A kind of milking-vessel; i. q. عُلْبَةٌ and جَنْبَةٌ and سَمْرَآءُ. (T and TA in art. علب.)

def.2 Also [Black: see دُسْمَةٌ: or] of a dust-colour inclining to blackness: fem. as above.
2 [Freytag assigns to it also the significations “ Multum pinguis ” and “ Oleo conspurcatus; ” both as on the authority of the K, in which I do not find either of them: also that of “ Vilis, ” as applied to a man; a signification belonging to دُسْمَةٌ.]
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