حَلِيجَةٌ

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حَلِيجَةٌ Milk in which are dates: milk in which dates have been macerated, steeped, or soaked; and which is sweet: or clarified butter [poured] upon pure milk: or dregs squeezed from a butter-skin (عُصَارَةُ نِحْىٍ [or perhaps the latter word is a mistranscription for نَحًى, and, if so, the meaning is the expressed juice of the species of dates termed نَحًى]): and the expressed juice of حِنَّآء: and some fresh butter milked upon: pl. حُلُجٌ: accord. to the T, حُلُجٌ signifies dates with milk: and accord. to Kr, حَلِيجٌ , without ة, is a name given to dates milked upon, and then mashed with the hand.

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