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رَائِشٌ

Root: ريش

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رَائِشٌ : see مَرِيشٌ.

def.2 Also An agent between two persons, namely, the briber and the accepter of a bribe, who composes their affair, or who gives (يَرِيشُ) this one of the property of that. Such Mohammad cursed. [See رَاشٍ, in art. رشو.)
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