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خَصْلٌ

Root: خصل

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خَصْلٌ A stake, or wager, laid in a shootingmatch. One says, أَحْزَرَ خَصْلَهُ and أَصَابَ خَصْلَهُ [He won his stake, or wager;] he overcame in the case of laying stakes or wagers [in a shooting-match].
2 And A thing for which persons contend together in a game of hazard.
3 See also خَصْلَةٌ, in two places.
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