العَبُورَ

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العَبُورَ [The star Sirius;] a certain bright star; one of the شِعْرَيَانِ, which [in the order of rising] is after, or behind, [in the TA, erroneously, “ with, ”] الجَوْزَآء [here meaning Gemini]: called العبور because of its having crossed the Milky Way. [See also الشِّعْرَى in art. شعر.
2 Hence the saying, عَصَفَتْ دَبُورُهُ وَسَقَطَتْ عَبُورُهُ, expl. in art. دبر.]

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