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مُفَلْفَلٌ

Root: فل

Full Definition

مُفَلْفَلٌ , applied to food, and to wine, [Peppered, i. e.] having فُلْفُل put into it, and consequently burning the tongue: or wine that burns [the tongue] like فُلْفُل.
2 And A garment, or piece of cloth, figured with round forms resembling فُلْفُل [or peppercorns] in roundness and smallness; i. e. figured with the like of the صَعَارِير [pl. of صُعْرُورَةٌ] of فُلْفُل.
3 And Very crisp hair, [such as we term woolly,] like that of the negro.
4 And A hide worn, or eroded, by the tan, (نَهَِكَهُ الدِّبَاغُ, M, K, in the CK نَهَكَهُ الدَّبّاغُ,) the like of فُلْفُل [or peppercorns] appearing in it.
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