حَوْطٌ
Root: حوط
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حَوْطٌ
A twisted string of two colours, black and red, called
بَرِيم, upon which are beads and a crescent of silver, which a woman binds upon her waist, [and which is bound upon a boy, ] in order that the evil eye may not smite her [or him]: and also the crescent above mentioned; as well as the string with it. [See also تَحْوِيطَةٌ.]
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