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خِبٌّ

Root: خب

Full Definition

خِبٌّ Deceit; wickedness; dishonesty, or dissimulation; mischiefmaking; as also خَبَبٌ : guile, art, craft, or cunning.

def.2 See also خَبٌّ.

def.3 A rising, or state of agitation and commotion, of the sea; as also خِبَابٌ .
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