مَنْشَبٌ
Root: نشب
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مَنْشَبٌ
[An instrument by which a thing is made to catch, or stick fast: pl. مَنَاشِبُ]. [Hence,] مَنَاشِبُ قُفْلٍ [The catches of a lock]. (A'Obeyd, in TA, voce فَرَاشٌ, q. v.)
2 مِنْشَبٌ Tough, or dry, bad, unripe dates; syn. بُسْرُِ الخَشْوِ: pl. مَنَاشِبُ.
3 أَتَوْنَا بِخَشْوٍ مِنْشَبٍ يَأْخُذُ بِالْحَلْقِ [They brought us tough, or dry, bad, unripe dates, that choked, or stuck in the throat].
2 مِنْشَبٌ Tough, or dry, bad, unripe dates; syn. بُسْرُِ الخَشْوِ: pl. مَنَاشِبُ.
3 أَتَوْنَا بِخَشْوٍ مِنْشَبٍ يَأْخُذُ بِالْحَلْقِ [They brought us tough, or dry, bad, unripe dates, that choked, or stuck in the throat].
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