نِيمةٌ

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نِيمةٌ (as also تِئْمَةٌ, with hemz, K) A ewe, or she-goat, which her owner milks for himself, in his abode, of those which he has reared, not left to pasture where she pleases; but sometimes slaughtered, when her owner is in want of flesh-meat: or one that is slaughtered in a time of famine: or one beyond forty, until the number attains to the next amount that requires one to be given for the poor rate: or one that is slaughtered gratuitously, not for a compensation, when persons desire flesh-meat.

def.2 Also A [kind of amulet, such as is called] تَمِيمَة, that is hung upon a child: app. a contraction of تميمة.

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