أُنْشُوطَةٌ

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أُنْشُوطَةٌ [A knot tied with a bow, or with a double bow, so as to form a kind of slip-knot; whence, in modern vulgar Arabic, عُقْدَة وَشُنَيْطَة, applied to such a tie; and شُنَيْطَة, applied to a simple slip-knot;] a knot, or tie, which easily becomes undone, or untied, like that of the running band of a pair of drawers; a knot, or tie, which becomes undone when one of its two ends is pulled. You say, مَا عِقَالُكَ بِأُنْسُوطَةٍ, meaning Thy love, or affection, is not weak, or frail.

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