الاِعْتِقَامُ
Root: عقم
Form: 8
Full Definition
الاِعْتِقَامُVIII
signifies The digging a well, and, when one has nearly reached the water, digging a small well, in the middle of the former, of sufficient dimensions for one's finding the flavour of the water; when, if it be sweet, the rest of it is dug, and made wide; otherwise it is abandoned.
2 Also
3 And The overcoming [another] in a game of hazard; syn. القَمْرُ.
2 Also
3 And The overcoming [another] in a game of hazard; syn. القَمْرُ.
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