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مُرْأًى

Root: رأى

Full Definition

مُرْأًى , applied to a [camel's] head, Long in the خَطْمٍ [or muzzle], in which is تَصْوِيب [i. e. a bending down], (M, K, [in the CK, erroneously, تَصْوِيتٌ,]) or in which is the like of التَّصْوِيب, like the form of the [vessel called] إِبْرِيق: Nuseyr likens رُؤُوس مُرْأَيَات to قَوَارِير [i. e. flasks, or bottles]: I know not [says ISd] any verb belonging to this word, [though أُرْئِى seems to be its verb,] nor any art. to which it belongs. See 4, last sentence.
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