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مِقْرَعَةٌ

Root: قرع

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مِقْرَعَةٌ A whip: or anything with which one beats: or a thing with which a beast is beaten: or a piece of wood with which mules and asses are beaten: [a cudgel: often applied in the present day to a cudgel made of the thick part of a palm-stick; and this, when used in sport, has several splits made in the thicker end, to cause the blows to produce a loud sound:] pl. مَقَارِعُ.
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