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حَوْجَلَةٌ

Root: حجل

Full Definition

حَوْجَلَةٌ and حَوْجَلَّةٌ, like حَوْصَلَةٌ and حَوْصَلَّةٌ, and دَوْخَلَةٌ and دَوْخَلَّةٌ, &c., A flask, or bottle; syn. قَارُورةٌ: or a small قارورة with a wide head, [the head] resembling a سُكُرُّجَة and the like: or a قارورة large in the lower part: or one like the قَوَارِير of [the kind of perfume called] ذَرِيرَة: pl. حَوَاجلُ and حَوَاجِيلُ; in the latter of which, the ى may be inserted by poetic license, or as a substitute for one of the ل s in حوجلّة. [See also حَوْقَلَةٌ.]


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