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لَصَصٌ

Root: لص

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لَصَصٌ Nearness together of the أَضْرَاس [or teeth, or molar teeth, or all the teeth except the central incisors,] so that no interstice is seen between them; as also رَصَصٌ. (M, art. رص.)
2 And Nearness together of two legs of a quadruped, and of the two thighs: and nearness together of the upper parts of the two knees: or nearness together of the two shoulder-joints, or of the upper parts thereof, so that they nearly touch the ears: or nearness together of the two shoulder-blades: and a contraction of the elbows of the horse towards his [breast, or that part of it which is called the] زَوْر; and their cleaving to that part; which is a quality approved in a horse.
3 Also, Nearness of the forehead to the eyebrow.

def.2 See also لُصُوصِيَّةٌ.
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