دِخَالٌ
Root: دخل
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دِخَالٌ
[an Verbal.Noun of 3, q. v.].
2 In watering, it is The putting in a camel, that has drunk, between two camels that have not drunk, or the bringing back a camel, that has drunk, from the resting-place by the water, to the watering-trough, and putting him in between two thirsty camels, in order that he may drink what, may-be, he has not drunk: in like manner it is explained in the T, on the authority of As, who adds that this is done only when the water is scanty: or the putting in a weak or sick camel [that has already drunk] with those that are drinking, and then, after that, with those that are returning to the water, so that he drinks three times: or the driving of camels to the watering-trough a second time, in order that they may complete their drinking, after they have already been watered drove by drove: so says Lth; but the approved explanation is that of As: or the driving of camels to the watering-trough at once, all together; as also دَخْلٌ .
def.2 The forelocks of a horse; because of their entering, one into another; as also دُخَالٌ : so in the M.
def.3 See also دُخْلَةٌ.
2 In watering, it is The putting in a camel, that has drunk, between two camels that have not drunk, or the bringing back a camel, that has drunk, from the resting-place by the water, to the watering-trough, and putting him in between two thirsty camels, in order that he may drink what, may-be, he has not drunk: in like manner it is explained in the T, on the authority of As, who adds that this is done only when the water is scanty: or the putting in a weak or sick camel [that has already drunk] with those that are drinking, and then, after that, with those that are returning to the water, so that he drinks three times: or the driving of camels to the watering-trough a second time, in order that they may complete their drinking, after they have already been watered drove by drove: so says Lth; but the approved explanation is that of As: or the driving of camels to the watering-trough at once, all together; as also دَخْلٌ .
def.2 The forelocks of a horse; because of their entering, one into another; as also دُخَالٌ : so in the M.
def.3 See also دُخْلَةٌ.
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