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مِشَكٌّ

Root: شك

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مِشَكٌّ The thong with which the coat of mail is [in certain parts thereof] conjoined (يُشَكُّ بِهِ): 'Antarah says, وَمِشَكِّ سَابِغَةٍ هَتَكْتُ فُرُوجَهَا بِالسَّيْفِ عَنْ حَامِى الحَقِيقَةِ مُعْلَمِ [but in the EM it is مَسَكِّ, thus with س, and with fet-h to the م; a word which I do not find in any lexicon: it is said that] مسك signifies a coat of mail narrow in the rings: and the poet means, And of many an ample coat of mail [narrow in the rings] have I rent open the middle parts with the sword, from over a man who was the defender of those who, or that which, it was his duty to defend, who was pointed to as being the cavalier of the army.
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