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فَرَاشَةٌ

Root: فرش

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فَرَاشَةٌ : see فَرَاشٌ, in ten places.

def.2 Also A small quantity of water: one says, لَمْ يَبْقَ فِى الإِنَآءِ إِلَّا فَرَاشَةٌ [There remained not in the vessel save a small quantity of water]. And A small quantity of water remaining in pools left by torrents, the ground beneath which is seen, by reason of its clearness: and some say, a place where water collects and remains in a smooth, or hard and smooth, rock.

def.3 And Great stones, like mill-stones, which are laid first [as a foundation] and upon which is then built a تَرْكِيب, i. e. an enclosure for palm-trees.

def.4 And الفَرَاشَتَانِ signifies Two cartilages near, or by, the لَهَاة [which generally means the uvula; but also, the arches, or pillars, of the soft palate; or the furthest part of the mouth].
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