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رَثَمٌ

Root: رثم

Full Definition

رَثَمٌ : see 1.
2 Also, [app. as Verbal.Noun of رَثِمَ, q. v.,] A vehement scratching, and slitting, of the extremity of the nose, so that the blood issues from it and falls in drops.
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