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خَصِيلٌ

Root: خصل

Full Definition

خَصِيلٌ : see خَصِيلَةٌ, in two places.

def.2 Also Overcome [in a shooting-match, or] in a contest for stakes or wagers.

def.3 And A tail; as, for instance, of a [wild] bull.
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