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تَرْطِيلٌ

Root: رطل

Form: 2

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تَرْطِيلٌII The act of weighing by, or with, أَرْطَال [or pound-weights]. [See also 1.]

def.2 Also The anointing of the hair, or making it soft, or smooth, with oil, or ointment, and the crimping (تَكْسِير) thereof: and the making it to be loose, and to hang down: accord. to IAmb, رطّل شَعَرَهُ means he made his hair to be loose, and to hang down: but accord. to the T, the saying of the vulgar, رَطَّلْتُ شَعَرِى, as meaning رَجَّلْتُهُ, [i. e. I made my hair to be wavy, or somewhat curly; or combed it; or combed it down; &c.;] is a mistake: for ترطيل signifies the act of making the hair soft, or smooth, with oil, or ointment; and wiping it so that it becomes soft, or smooth, and glossy.
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