خَشِيبَةٌ
Root: خشب
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خَشِيبَةٌ
The natural quality [of the metal] of a sword, before the making thereof is completed: or its blade, or iron: or its edge: or its polish. Sakhr says,
And a sharp sword of which the natural quality [of the metal] before the completion of the making thereof has been refined, [white, or a sword,] thin in the two edges or sides, having [in its broad side] diversified marks.وَصَارِمٌ أُخْلِصَتْ خَشِيبَتُهُ أَبْيَضُ مَهْوٌ فِى مَتْنِهِ زُبَدُ
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