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سَمِيطٌ

Root: سمط

Full Definition

سَمِيطٌ and مَسْمُوطٌ , applied to a kid, and to a lamb, Of which the hair, or wool, has been removed, or cleansed of its hair [or wool], by means of hot water; in order to its being roasted: or of which the [hair or] wool has been plucked off from it, after its having been put into hot water: or the former, plucked of its [hair or] wool, and then roasted with its skin: and a roasted sheep or goat: the former word of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ.

def.2 See also سَمِيطٌ, and its pl. أَسْمَاطٌ, voce سُمُطٌ; the pl. in three places.
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