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خَشِيفٌ

Root: خشف

Full Definition

خَشِيفٌ : see خَشَفٌ, in two places:

def.2 and خَشُوفٌ also, in two places.
2 Also A sharp, or penetrating, sword; and so خَاشِفٌ and خَشُوفٌ : or, applied to a sword, i. q. خَشِيبٌ [q. v.].
3 And Water that runs in a [watercourse such as is termed] بَطْحَآء, beneath the pebbles, two or three days, and then goes away.
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