دَرْزٌ

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دَرْزٌ [A seam, or a raised seam, of a garment or piece of cloth;] the elevation that is occasioned in a garment or piece of cloth when its two edges are put together in the sewing; one of the دُرُوز of a garment or piece of cloth, and the like; which are well known: a Persian word, [originally دَرْزْ,] arabicized: or, accord. to some, the nap, or villous substance, (زِئْبِر,) and lustre, (مَآء,) of a garment, or piece of cloth.
2 [Hence,] بَنَاتُ الدُّرُوزِ Lice: and nits; syn. صِئْبَانٌ.

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