Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

خاصر

Root: خصر

Form: 3

Full Definition

خاصرIII , Verbal.Noun مُخَاصَرَةٌ, He laid hold upon the woman's خَاصِرَة [or flank], or put his hand to her خَصْر [or waist], in compressing her.
2 And خاصرهُ He took his hand in walking, or walked with him hand in hand, so that the hand of each was by the waist (خَصْر) of the other: and, Verbal.Noun as above, he took a different way from his until he met him in a place: مخاصرة as the Verbal.Noun of the verb in this sense is syn. with مُخَازَمَةٌ: or خاصرهُ signifies he walked with him, and then parted from him, and so continued until he met him at a time, or place, at which they had not appointed to meet: or he walked by his side.


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