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حَتِىٌّ

Root: حتى

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حَتِىٌّ The سَوِيق [or meal of what has been parched, or perhaps of what has been dried in the sun,] of the مُقْل [or fruit of the Theban palm, or cucifera Thebaïca]: or what is rasped, of the مُقْل, when it has become ripe, and is then eaten: also, or as some say, the [fruit called] مُقْل, itself: or what is bad thereof: or what is dry thereof. [See an ex. in a verse cited voce دَرٌّ.]
2 The refuse (ثُفْل) and skins (قُشُور) of dates: [like حَثًا and حَثًى.]
3 The scaly substances (قِشْر [app. meaning bits of the wax]) of honey, or of honey in the wax.
4 I. q. دِمْنٌ [Dung of beasts, compacted together; &c.] (Az, K, TA. [In the CK, الزِّمَنُ is put for الدِّمْنُ.])
5 The apparatus (مَتَاع) of the [kind of basket, made of palm-leaves, called] زَبِيل: or its عَرَق [meaning the suspensory, by which it is carried: see this word, which also means the “ suspensory ” of a water-skin]; its كِتَاف [or cord by which it is carried, being attached] in its شَفَة [or edge, lit. lip, and app., as is commonly the case, passed through a loop-shaped handle in the opposite edge, so that the two opposite edges are drawn together when it is carried: كِتَافٌ originally signifying “ a rope with which one's arms or hands are tied together behind his back ”].
6 The مَتَاع [or furniture and utensils, &c.,] of a house or tent.
7 And What is bad of spun thread.
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