العَيَافُ
Root: عيف
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العَيَافُ
and الطَّرِيدَةُ are Two games of the boys of the Arabs of the desert: or the former is what is called
لُعْبَةُ الغُمَيْصَآءِ, or, as in some of the copies of the K, الغُمَيْضَآءِ. (K, TA. [But I do not find elsewhere الغُمَيْصَآء as the name of a game, nor الغُمَيْضَآء in any sense.])
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