مِخْرَاقٌ

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مِخْرَاقٌ A kerchief twisted for the purpose of beating therewith: a genuine Arabic word: or a thing made of twisted rags, with which boys play: or a twisted kerchief, or an inflated [skin such as is termed] زِقّ, or the like, with which boys play, beating one another therewith: so called because it rends (يَخْرِقُ) the air when they make use of it: pl. مَخَارِيقُ. 'Amr Ibn-Kulthoom says, كَأَنَّ سُيُوفَنَا مِنَّا وَمِنْهُمْ مَخَارِيقٌ بِأَيْدِى لَا عِبِينَا [As though our swords, ours and theirs, were kerchiefs twisted for beating therewith, in the hands of players]: or مخاريق in this verse [written with tenween by poetic license] is the pl. of مِخْرَاقٌ signifying a wooden sword with which boys play: the poet means, we cared not for the smiting with the swords, like as the players care not for the smiting with the مخاريق. [See also another ex., in a verse cited voce خَرِيجٌ.] 'Alee is related, in a trad., to have said that the lightning is the مَخَارِيق of the angels; meaning thereby the instruments with which the angels chide and drive the clouds.
2 Also A garment, or piece of cloth.
3 And A sword [in the ordinary sense of the word]: so in the A and O and L: in the K, السَّيِّدُ is erroneously put for السَّيْفُ.
4 A man goodly in body, or person, whether tall or not tall.
5 One who falls not into a case without escaping, or extricating himself, therefrom.
6 One who exercises art in the management of affairs.
7 A wild bull: so called because he traverses far-extending districts: or because the dogs pursue him and he escapes from them: said in the A to be called مِخْرَاقُ المَفَازَةِ.
8 A man who engages in wars, or fights, and is active therein.
9 See also خِرْقٌ.

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