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صُلَّبِىٌّ

Root: صلب

Full Definition

صُلَّبِىٌّ : see صُلَّبٌ.
2 Also A spear-head sharpened; and so مُصَلَّبٌ , or صُلَّبٌ : (TA: [but this last is perhaps a mistranscription for مُصَلَّبٌ:]) or a thing polished and sharpened with whetstones: and مُصَلَّبٌ signifies a spear sharpened with the ضُلَّبِىّ, or a spear-head sharpened upon the صُلَّب, which is like the whetstone.
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