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خَلْعٌ

Root: خلع

Full Definition

خَلْعٌ Flesh-meat cooked with seeds that are used for seasoning, then put into a receptacle of skin, which is called قَرْفٌ: or flesh-meat cut into strips or oblong pieces, and dried, or salted, and dried in the sun, roasted, and, as Lth says, put into a receptacle with its melted grease: or flesh-meat having its bones pulled out, then cooked, and seasoned with seeds, and put into a skin, and used as provision for travelling: and خَلِيعٌ , also, signifies flesh-meat of which the bones have been pulled out, and which is seasoned with seeds, and laid up (يُرْفَعُ) [for future use]: and خَوْلَعٌ , flesh-meat which is boiled in vinegar, and then carried in journeys.

def.2 A state of dislocation of the joint, of the arm or hand, or of the leg or foot; its becoming displaced, without separation; as also خَلَعٌ .
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