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مِسْطَرَةٌ

Root: سطر

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مِسْطَرَةٌ An instrument with which a book is ruled (يُسْطَرُ) [made of a piece of pasteboard with strings strained and glued across it, which is laid under the paper; the latter being ruled by being slightly pressed over each string].
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