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صِنٌّ

Root: صن

Full Definition

صِنٌّ The urine of the وَبْر [or hyrax Syriacus], in the copies of the K erroneously said to be of camels: it is inspissated for medicines; and is very fetid. صِنُّ الوَبْرِ is also a term applied to Small, round, flattened cakes, (أَقْرَاص,) which are brought from El-Yemen to El-Hijáz, found there in caves; having the property of dissolving tumours, applied as a plaster with honey: mentioned by the hakeem Dáwood.

def.2 Also, thus, without the art., but written by Az and J with it, i. e. الصِّنُّ, as in the K, One of the days called أَيَّامُ العَجُوزِ; said to be the first of those days. (M. [See art. عجز.])
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