عَقِيلَةٌ

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عَقِيلَةٌ A woman of generous race, modest, or bashful, that is kept behind the curtain, held in high estimation: the excellent of camels, and of other things: or the most excellent of every kind of thing: and the chief of a people: the first is the primary signification: then it became used as meaning the excel-lent of any kind of things, substantial, and also ideal, as speech, or language: pl. عَقَائِلُ. And العَقِيلَةُ: or عَقِيلَةُ البَحْرِ, signifies The pearl, or large pearl: or the large and clear pearl: or, accord. to IB, the pearl, or large pearl, in its shell.

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