العَيَافُ

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العَيَافُ and الطَّرِيدَةُ are Two games of the boys of the Arabs of the desert: or the former is what is called لُعْبَةُ الغُمَيْصَآءِ, or, as in some of the copies of the K, الغُمَيْضَآءِ. (K, TA. [But I do not find elsewhere الغُمَيْصَآء as the name of a game, nor الغُمَيْضَآء in any sense.])

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