بَيْرَمٌ
Root: برم
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بَيْرَمٌ
The [implement called] عَتَلَة: or particularly the عتلة
of the carpenter: [i. e.,] an auger, a wimble, or a gimlet; [called in the present day
; accord. to Mirkát el-Loghah, cited by Golius, who writes the latter word without teshdeed, the former signifies such an implement of a large size;] that with which the carpenter perforates: and also said to signify that with which the saddler perforates leather: also a well-known kind of [implement such as is called in Persian] تِيشَهْ [i. e., a hatchet, or the like]: AO said, the بَيْرَمْ is the عَتَلَة of the carpenter: or he said, the عتلة is the بيرم of the carpenter: this word, the بيرم of the carpenter, is Persian, arabicized.
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