حَارٍ

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حَارٍ masc. of حَارِيَةٌ, which is an epithet applied to a viper (أَفْعًى); meaning That has decreased in its body by reason of age; and it is the worst, or most malignant or noxious, that is: or that has become old, and has wasted in its body, and whereof there remains not save its head and its breath (نَفَسُهَا [in the CK نَفْسُهَا]) and its poison: dim. حُوَيْرٍ . One says, رَمَاكَ ٱللّٰهُ بِأَفْعًى حَارِيَةٍ [meaning May God smile thee with an evil like a viper wasted by age].

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