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خَشَّابَةٌ

Root: خشب

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خَشَّابَةٌ [a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is خَشَّابٌ ,] Sellers of خَشَب [i. e. wood, or timber].
2 Fighters with staves.

def.2 Accord. to ElHejeree, خشابة [so in the TA, without any syll. sign,] signifies A slender [implement of the kind called] مطرق [i. e. مِطْرَق, q. v.,] which the polisher, when he has finished the polishing of a sword, passes over it, in consequence of which the scabbard does not alter its state.
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