ثُوَّةٌ
Root: ثو
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ثُوَّةٌ
[mentioned in the M under the head of ثو, as the radical letters, but in the T and K in art. ثوى,] sing. of ثُوًى, which latter, or the former, signifies The goods, or utensils and furniture, of a house or tent: or the former, pieces of rag made in the form of a ball of thread or string, upon a peg, or stake, upon which the skin of milk is agitated to make butter, lest it should become lacerated; as also
ثُوِىٌّ ; which latter we hold to be from ثوو because syn. with ثُوَّةٌ, like قُوَّةٌ: or a piece of rag, which is moistened, and put upon the skin of milk when it is agitated to make butter, lest it should become lacerated: or it signifies, or signifies also, a piece of rag, or some wool wound upon the head of a peg, or stake, put beneath the skin of milk when it is agitated to make butter, in order to preserve it from being injured by the ground; pl. ثُوًى: or it signifies, or signifies also, an elevated and a rugged spot, upon which, sometimes, stones are set up in order that one may be directed thereby to the right way; like صُوَّةٌ. (M. See also ثَايَةٌ, in art. ثوى.)
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