إِزْمِيلٌ

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إِزْمِيلٌ A shoemaker's knife with which he cuts the leather. [In the TA, in art. ذرب, it is expl. as meaning A shoemaker's إِشْفَى with which he sews: but this I have not found elsewhere.]
2 Also An iron like the new moon [in shape], that is put at the end of a spear, for the purpose of catching wild oxen.
3 And The [implement called] مِطْرَقَة [q. v.].
4 Applied to a man, A great, or vehement, eater; likened to the [shoemaker's] knife: or strong: and also weak; low, mean, or contemptible: (TA: [like زُمَّلٌ:]) thus having two contr. significations.

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