عُقَارٌ
Root: عقر
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عُقَارٌ
Wine: or wine that does not delay to intoxicate: so called because of its taking hold upon the intellect, or contending with it for superiority, (لِأَنَّهَا عَاقَرَتِ العَقْلَ,) accord. to Aboo-Nasr; or because of its remaining long confined to the [jar called] دَنّ, accord. to AA; [see 3;] or because the drinker keeps closely to it; or because it prevents the drinker from walking; or because it disables (يَعْقِرُ) the intellect.
def.2 See also عَقَارٌ.
def.2 See also عَقَارٌ.
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