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مُوَسَّطًا

Root: وسط

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مُوَسَّطًا He slew such a one cut [in the middle, or midst,] in two halves. [This mode of slaughter, termed تَوْسِيطٌ, was often practised under the rule of the Egyptian Sultáns; many instances thereof being mentioned by ElMakreezee and other historians. See De Sacy's Chrest. Ar., 2nd ed., vol. i. p. 468.]
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