بَاسِرٌ

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بَاسِرٌ and بَسْرٌ , the latter an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet, A face frowning; or contracted; or grinning, or displaying the teeth, with a frowning, or contraction, or a stern, an austere, or a morose, look. [See 1, last sentence.] وَوُجوهٌ يَوْمئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ, in the Kur lxxv. 24, means And faces on that day shall be excessively frowning or contracted, &c.: or expressive of dislike or hatred, and contracted. [See also بَاسِلٌ.]

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