مَعْقِمٌ
Root: عقم
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مَعْقِمٌ
A joint of a horse; such as [that of] the pastern, next the hoof, and the knee, and the hock: pl. مَعَاقِمُ: the pl. signifies certain vertebræ between [the one called] the
فَرِيدَة [q. v.] and the
عَجْب [i. e. the root, or base, of the tail], in the hinder part of the backbone, of the horse. One says of a horse, هُوَ شَدِيدُ المَعَاقِمِ, meaning He is strong in respect of the vertebræ above mentioned: and likewise, in the joints of the pasterns.
2 Also A joint, or knot, in straw.
2 Also A joint, or knot, in straw.
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