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حَامِلَةٌ

Root: حمل

Full Definition

حَامِلَةٌ fem. of حَامِلٌ [q. v.].
2 حَوَامِلُ is its pl.: and signifies The legs; because they bear the man.
3 And The sinews, or tendons, of the foot and of the fore arm; and the [veins called the] رَوَاهِش thereof. (M, TA. [See الوَرِيدُ.])
4 See also مَحْمِلٌ.
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