مَقِيلٌ

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مَقِيلٌ A resting-place; syn. مُسْتَقَرٌّ: hence, مَقِيلُ الحُبِّ [the resting-place of love] and مَقِيلُ الغَيْظِ [the resting-place of wrath], applied by El-Mutanebbee to the heart. See an ex. in De Sacy's Ar. Gr., sec. ed., ii. 165: the same, with a var., in Ibn-Akeel p. 210.

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