خُشْعَةٌ

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خُشْعَةٌ A low hill: or a hill cleaving to the ground: and a piece of rugged ground: or [elevated ground such as is termed] قُفّ that is for the most part soft, i. e. neither stone nor clay: and a rock growing in the sea: pl. خُشَعٌ. It is said in a trad., كَانَتِ الأَرْضُ خُشْعَةً عَلَى المَآءِ ثُمَّ دُحِيَتْ [The earth was a low hill, &c., upon the water: then it was spread out]: but this trad. is variously related.

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