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جَارِنٌ

Root: جرن

Full Definition

جَارِنٌ , applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, and to a skin for water or milk, &c., Old, and worn out: or threadbare, or worn, and soft, or smooth: and in like manner applied to a coat of mail: as also جَرِينٌ : or, applied to a coat of mail (دِرْع), in which case it is with ة, that has become smooth from much use: pl. جَوَارِنُ: and, applied to a commodity, or utensil, or an article of furniture, used, and worn out: and to a skin for water or milk, dried up, and rough, or coarse, from use: and to a road, worn, or effaced.
2 Also The young one of a serpent: or of a viper, such as is smooth.
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