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أُسْكُوبٌ

Root: سكب

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أُسْكُوبٌ : see سَكْبٌ, in three places.
2 Also Lightning extending towards the earth. So in the saying of Zuheyr El-Mázinee, بَرْقٌ يُضِىْءُ أَمَامَ البَيْتِ أُسْكُوبُ [Lightning shining, or shining brightly, before the tent, or house, extending towards the earth]; as though it were pouring forth rain.
3 And A row of palm-trees; as also أُسْلُوبٌ: if of other than palm-trees, it is termed أُنْبُوبٌ, and مِدَادٌ.

def.2 Also i. q. إِسْكَافٌ [A maker of shoes or boots, or a sewer of leather, &c.]; like إِسْكَابٌ : or a blacksmith.
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