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مُرْتَجِلٌ

Root: رجل

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مُرْتَجِلٌ A man holding the زَنْد with his hands and feet, because he is alone: [i. e.] one who, in producing fire with the زَنْد, holds the lower زَنْدَة with his foot [or feet].

def.2 One who collects a detached number (قِطْعَة [or رِجْل]) of locusts, to roast, or fry, them: one who lights upon a رِجْل of locusts, and roasts, or fries, some of them, or, as in the M, cooks.
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