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لبّدهُ

Root: لبد

Form: 2

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لبّدهُII , Verbal.Noun تَلْبِيدٌ, He stuck it, one part upon another, so that it became like لِبْد [or felt].
2 لبّد الصُّوفَ He made the wool into لِبْد [i. e., a compact and coherent mass; or felt]. [And He, or it, rendered the wool coherent, compact, or matted.]
3 لبّد الأَرْضَ, (Verbal.Noun تَلْبِيدٌ, L,) It rendered the ground compact, so that the feet did not sink in it.
4 لبّد, or لبّد شَعَرَهُ, Verbal.Noun تَلْبِيدٌ, He (a pilgrim, S, L, Msb, in the state of إِحْرَام, S, L,) put upon his head some gum, or خِطْمِىّ or the like, or honey, or something glutinous, in order that his hair might become compacted together, to preserve it in the state in which it was, lest it should become shaggy, or dishevelled, and frowzy, or dusty, or lousy, during the state of احرام. The Arabs in the time of paganism used to do thus when they did not desire to shave their heads during the pilgrimage. Some say, that it signifies He shaved the whole of his hair.

def.2 لبّد عَجَاجَتَهُ: see art. عج.
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