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خَبَثٌ

Root: خبث

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خَبَثٌ The dross of iron, and of silver, when they are molten. [Hence the saying,] لَيْسَ الإِبْرِيزُ كَالخَبَثِ [lit. Pure gold is not like dross]; meaning the good is not like the bad.
2 Adulterating alloy in gold and iron &c.
3 A thing wherein is no good.
4 Excrement, or ordure: impurity, or filth. (Mgh in art. قل, and TA.) Hence the saying in a trad., إِذَا بَلَغَ المَآءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يَحْمِلْ خَبَثًا [explained in art. احل].
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