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دَسْمَة

Root: دسم

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دَسْمَة [probably a mistranscription for أُمُّ, lit. “ the mother of blackness; ”] The cooking-pot. (T in art. ام.)

def.2 آخِرُ دَسْمَةٍ i. q. آخِرُ عَهْدٍ [The last time]; like آخِرُ مَخْطَرٍ. (TA in art. خطر. [See خَطْرَةٌ, last sentence.])
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