خَامٌ
Root: خيم
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خَامٌ
A skin, or hide, untanned: or not tanned much, or thoroughly: and a كِرْبَاس [or coarse garment or piece of cloth, or garment or piece of cloth of white cotton,] unwashed: a Persian word, arabicized. Unbleached cloth. (Msb, in art. خوم.) Paper that is polished, [app. a mistake for not polished,] or to be polished. [Crude, or raw; applied in this sense to silk, contr. of
مَطْبُوخٌ; and to sugar, &c.: anything unprepared for use.] Honey of dates (دِبْس) untouched by fire: which is the best thereof.
def.2 See also خَامَة.
def.2 See also خَامَة.
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