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شِيبٌ

Root: شيب

Full Definition

شِيبٌ , of a whip, a genuine Arabic word of wellknown meaning; The thong at the upper extremity of a whip: there are two of such thongs, called شِيبَانِ.

def.2 Also A word imitative of the sounds made by the lips of camels in drinking.

def.3 And pl. of أَشْيَبُ [q. v.].
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