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المُعَلَّى

Root: علو

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المُعَلَّى The seventh of the arrows of the game called المَيْسِر; the most excellent of them; it has seven notches; and it obtains seven shares [of the slaughtered camel] when it wins, and occasions the imposition of seven fines when it does not win. [See an ex. in a verse cited voce رَقِيبٌ.]
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