خِزَامَةٌ

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خِزَامَةٌ A ring of [goat's] hair, which is put [in the side of the nostril or] in the partition between the nostrils of the camel, and to which is tied the rein; as also خِزَامٌ : or a بُرَة in the nose of a she-camel: or, accord. to the K, a بُرَة which is put in the side of the nostril of the camel: but Lth says that when it is of brass it is termed بُرَة; and when of [goat's] hair, خِزَامَة: pl. خَزَائِمُ and خِزَامَاتٌ. [Hence,] أَعْطَى القُرْآنَ خَزَائِمَهُ: from a trad. of Abu-d-Dardà, in which it is said, مُرْهُمْ أَنْ يُعْطُوا القُرْآنَ بِخَزَاتِمِهِمْ Command ye them that they submit themselves to the judgment, or decision, of the Kur-án; خزائم being here pl. of خِزَامَةٌ: or أَعْطُوا القُرْآنَ خَزَائِمَهُ Render ye to the Kur-án its due. [In the present day, خِزَامٌ , vulgarly pronounced خُزَام, is applied to A woman's nose-ring, of gold or other metal.]
2 The خِزَامَة of the sandal is A slender thong which is pierced and tied between [the two thongs called] the شِرَاكَانِ [app. here meaning the عَضُدَانِ of the شِرَاك: see 1].

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