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خصّلهُ

Root: خصل

Form: 2

Full Definition

خصّلهُII , Verbal.Noun تَخْصِيلٌ, He cut it, or divided it, in pieces.
2 خصّل الشَجَرَ, Verbal.Noun as above, He lopped the branches of the trees: or تَخْصِيلٌ signifies the cutting off slender extremities and branches from the [species of mimosa called] عُرْفُط, in the interior parts thereof.
3 خصّل البَعِيرَ He cut off, for the camel, the خُصْلَة, i. e. the soft and tender branch of a tree.
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