ثُفْلٌ

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ثُفْلٌ The sediment, or settlings, of anything; the dregs; lees; or thick, or turbid, portion that sinks to the bottom of a thing, beneath the clear portion; as, for instance, of water, and of broth, and of medicine, and the like, and of a cookingpot, [i. e. of its contents,] &c.; as also ثَافِلٌ .
2 Grain, and whatever is eaten of flesh-meat or bread or dates; and particularly when people are in want of milk: or flour; and what is not drunk, as bread, and the like: or the refuse, or worse sort, of طَعَام [i. e. wheat, or other food]. You say, شَرِبَ المَآءَ عَلَى غَيْرِ ثُفْلٍ [He drank water, or the water, not upon, i. e. not having eaten, grain, or flesh-meat, &c.]. (A in art. بحت.)
3 See also ثِفَالٌ.

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