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تَحْجِيلٌ

Root: حجل

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تَحْجِيلٌ [Verbal.Noun of 2, q. v.: and also used as a simple subst., signifying] Whiteness in the legs of a horse, all of them; or in three of the legs: in the two hind legs and a fore leg; or in a hind leg and the two fore legs; or in the two hind legs only; or in one hind leg only; but not in the two fore legs alone, nor in one fore leg without the other, unless with the two hind legs, or with one hind leg; whether little or much, so that it extends [upwards] beyond the pastern but not beyond the knee and hock.
2 Also A whiteness in a she-camel's teats, occasioned by the صِرَار [q. v.].
3 And, accord. to ISk and the K, A certain mark made with a hot iron upon a came;: but Sgh says that the right word is تَحْجِينٌ, with ن.
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