سَخِينَةٌ

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سَخِينَةٌ A certain thin food, made of flour; a kind of food made of flour, thinner than [the kind of gruel called] عَصِيدَة and thicker than [the soup called] حَسَآء; like نَفِيتَة, it is eaten only in a time of straitness, and dearth, and leanness of the cattle; and Kureysh were taunted on account of their eating it; for they ate it much; and were called سَخِينَة: accord. to Az, it is also called سَخُونَةٌ : accord. to AHeyth, on the authority of an Arab of the desert, it is flour thrown upon water or upon milk, and cooked, and then eaten [with dates (see خَزِيرٌ)], or supped; and this is what is called حَسَآء: [it is said in the Mgh to be the same as حَسَآء:] accord. to others, hot food: or food made of flour and clarified butter: or, of flour and dates, thicker than حَسَآء and thinner than عَصِيدَة.

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