مَحْطُوطٌ

Root: حط

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مَحْطُوطٌ [originally, Put down; applied to a load, &c. See 1.
2 And hence,] applied to a price: see حَاطِطٌ.

def.2 Leather polished, or made smooth [&c.: see 1; last sentence].
2 A sword made thin.
3 أَلْيَةٌ مَحْطُوطَةٌ [A rump] without مَأْكَمَة [or protuberant buttocks]; as though it were smoothed (حُطَّتْ) with the مِحَطّ. And جَارِيَةٌ مَحْطُوطَةُ المَتْنَيْنِ A girl having the مَتْنَانِ [or two portions of flesh and sinew next the backbone, on each side,] extended [or long]; as though they were smoothed with the مِحَطّ: or having them extended [or long] and even and beautiful. And مَحْطُوطّةُ الكَشْحِ may mean A woman whose flank is as though it were smoothed with the مِحَطّ: but it is better explained as meaning elevated, or protuberant, in the posteriors, and depressed in the flank. [See also أَحَطُّ.]

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