Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شَوْكَآءُ

Root: شوك

Full Definition

شَوْكَآءُ , applied to a [garment such as is called] بُرْدَة, or to a [garment or dress such as is called] حُلَّة, Rough to the feel, because new: but As said, “ I know not what it is. ”


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