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تَفْرِيصُ

Root: فرص

Form: 2

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تَفْرِيصُII , or تفْرِيصُ أَسْفَلِ النَّعْلِ [i. e.] نَعْلِ القِرَابِ, (TA, [in the O بَعْدَ القِرَابِ, which is an evident mistranscription,]) signifies The ornamenting, or engraving, (تَنْقِيش, O, L, K, TA,) of the نعل [i. e. shoe of iron or silver, at the bottom of the scabbard of a sword] or of the lower part of the نعل of the scabbard, with the extremity of the [instrument of] iron.
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