دَحِلٌ
Root: دحل
Full Definition
دَحِلٌ
Wicked, deceitful, guileful, artful, crafty, or cunning; as also دَحِنٌ: (AA, S in art. دحن:) or very crafty and deceitful or guileful: or cunning, ingenious, or clever, and skilful; as also دَحِنٌ. See also دَحُولٌ, last sentence.
2 One who diminishes the price, or demands a diminution of the price, or vies in niggardliness, or in acuteness, in a case of selling or buying, [app. the latter,] in order that he may attain, or so that he attains, the object of his want.
3 Having much wealth.
4 Flabby and large and wide in the belly. Fat, short, and flabby and prominent, or large and flabby, in the belly.
2 One who diminishes the price, or demands a diminution of the price, or vies in niggardliness, or in acuteness, in a case of selling or buying, [app. the latter,] in order that he may attain, or so that he attains, the object of his want.
3 Having much wealth.
4 Flabby and large and wide in the belly. Fat, short, and flabby and prominent, or large and flabby, in the belly.
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