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بَيُونٌ

Root: بين

Full Definition

بَيُونٌ A well of which the rope does not strike against the sides, because its interior is straight: or that is wide in the upper part, and narrow in the lower: or in which the drawer of water makes the rope to be aloof from its sides, because of its crookedness: or deep and wide; because the ropes are wide apart from its sides; as also : or that is wide between the two [opposite] sides: pl. [regularly of the latter epithet] بَوَائِنُ.


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