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مِسْلَاخٌ

Root: سلخ

Full Definition

مِسْلَاخٌ A skin, or hide; as also سَلْخٌ : or, of a sheep or goat; as also سِلْخٌ , i. e. its skin, or hide, that is stripped off. [Hence,] one says, فُلَانٌ حِمَارٌ فِى مِسْلَاخِ إِنْسَانٍ [Such a one is an ass in the skin of a man].
2 And The slough of a serpent; as also سِلْخٌ , or سَلْخٌ , and سَلْخَةٌ .
3 Also A palm-tree of which the unripe dates fall and become scattered about in a green state.
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