Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مِخْضَبٌ

Root: خضب

Full Definition

مِخْضَبٌ I. q. مِرْكَنٌ, or إِجَّانَةٌ: or a vessel resembling that called إِجَّانَةٌ, in which clothes are washed.
2 مَخَاضِبُ [is its pl.; and also] signifies The rags of the خِضَاب [or hudot;innà or the like]: [or] of the حيض [or catamenia]. [If these two significations be correct, the latter is app. tropical: but حيض may be a mistranscription for خضاب.]


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