حَنُوطٌ
Root: حنط
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حَنُوطٌ
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حِنَاطٌ [Perfume such as is termed] ذَرِيرَةٌ: or odoriferous substances of any kind that are mixed for a corpse, in particular, or for grave-clothes and for the bodies of the dead, consisting of
ذَرِيرَة, or musk, or ambergris, or camphor, or other substance, namely, Indian cane, or sandal-wood, bruised: derived from حَنَطَ said of the رِمْث, signifying that its colour became white inclining to yellowness, and its odour sweet: the term حنوط is applied to anything with which a corpse is perfumed, consisting of musk and
ذَرِيرَة
and sandal-wood and ambergris and camphor, and other things that are sprinkled upon it for the purpose of perfuming it and drying up its moisture.
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