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بَيْطَارٌ

Root: بطر

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بَيْطَارٌ and بِيَطْرٌ and بَيْطَرٌ and بَطِيرٌ and مُبَيْطِرٌ [A farrier; one who practises the veterinary art;] one who treats beasts, or horses and the like, medically, or curatively: from بَطَرَهُ, explained above. أَشْهَرُ مِنْ رَايَةِ البَيْطَارِ [More commonly known than the sign of the farrier, app. meaning a sign which, I suppose, the itinerant farrier carried about with him,] is one of the proverbs of the Arabs.
2 You say, also, هُوَ بِهٰذَا عَالِمٌ بَيْطَارٌ [He is knowing and skilful in this: see also بِيَطْرٌ].
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