تِيلٌ
Root: تيل
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تِيلٌ
[Hemp, of which ropes and cloths are manufactured; thus called by the Arabs in the present day; perhaps from the Persian تِيلَا “ a rope; ”] a certain thing resembling flax, that comes forth from the sea; [possibly meaning that it is imported into Arabia;] and of which cloths are woven.
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