حفّلُه

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حفّلُهII , Verbal.Noun تَحْفِيلٌ; and , Verbal.Noun حَفْلٌ; He collected it, or caused it to collect; namely, water, and milk in the udder of a ewe or she-goat, or of a she-camel, or of a cow, in order to deceive the purchaser, that he might increase the price. Hence one says, حفّل الشَّاةَ, or البَقَرَةَ, or النَّاقَةَ, Verbal.Noun as above, He abstained from milking the ewe or she-goat, or the cow, or the she-camel, for some days, in order that the milk might collect in her udder, for sale, or until the milk collected in her udder. The Prophet forbade the doing this.

def.2 He adorned him, or it.

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