احتطب

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احتطبVIII : see 1, in three places.
2 Also It tore up the roots, or stems, of the trees [as though it made firewood of them].
3 He fed upon the small and dry parts of the branches. This a camel does only by reason of soundness, and of surpassing strength.
4 احتطب عَلَيْهِ فِى الأَمْرِ i. q. احتقب [app. meaning He took upon himself a burden, or a responsibility, in the affair; as though he bound it like a bundle of firewood upon his back].

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