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دَائِسُ

Root: دوس

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دَائِسُ [act. part. n. of دَاسَ; Treading, &c.].
2 دَائِسَةٌ [the fem.] and [its pl.] دَوَائِسُ The bulls, or cows, that tread, or thrash, wheat, or grain.
3 أَتَتْهُمْ الخَيْلُ دَوَائِسَ The horses, or horses with their riders, came to them following one another.

def.2 Also i. q. أَنْدَرٌ [A place in which wheat or grain is trodden out; like مَدَاسَةٌ: or reaped wheat collected together; or wheat collected together in the place where it is trodden out]; so accord. to Hishám: or, as some say, he that treads, or thrashes, wheat, and bruises it, in order that the grain may come forth from it.

def.3 دُوسٌ [pl. of دَائِسٌ, like as بُزْلٌ is pl. of بَازِلٌ,] Polishers of swords or the like; syn. صَقَلَةٌ. (IAar, K, TA. [In the CK, and in a MS. copy of the K, صَقْلَةٌ, which is evidently a mistake.])
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