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عَكَرٌ

Root: عكر

Full Definition

عَكَرٌ The dregs, feces, lees, or sediment, or what remains at the bottom, of oil, &c., and of the beverage called نَبِيذ, or of anything; what is thick, and subsides, of oil and the like; the last and thick part of water and of wine and of oil: earth, or dust; syn. تربة.
2 Rust of a sword &c.
3 See also عِكْرٌ.
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