دَحُولٌ
Root: دحل
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دَحُولٌ
A well hollowed in the sides, the water having eaten its interior: or a well of which the water, when it has been dug [and cased], is found to be beneath the rock on which its casing rests, wherefore it is dug [further] until its water is fetched out from beneath that rock: and a well wide in the sides. And حُفْرَةٌ دَحُولٌ
A hollow, or cavity, made deep, not in a straight direction, or not evenly.
2 دَحُولٌ also signifies A she-camel that keeps aside from the other camels, over against them; like عَنُودٌ.
3 Also A flatterer: and an impostor, or a cheat: and so دَحِلٌ .
2 دَحُولٌ also signifies A she-camel that keeps aside from the other camels, over against them; like عَنُودٌ.
3 Also A flatterer: and an impostor, or a cheat: and so دَحِلٌ .
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