رُخَامٌ

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رُخَامٌ [commonly applied to Marble: and sometimes to alabaster: the latter application is the more agreeable with the following explanation:] a certain white, soft stone: what is of the colour of wine, or yellow, or dappled, is of the kinds of stones, i. e., not [a sort] of رُخَام: a well-known kind of stone: n. un. with ة [meaning a piece, or slab, &c., thereof]. [See also مَرْمَرٌ.]

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