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كِفَافَةٌ

Root: كف

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كِفَافَةٌ [app. a subst., not an Verbal.Noun,] The act, or art, of sewing in the manner termed كَفٌّ; contr. of شِلَاشَةٌ. (TA in art. شل.)
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