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رَافِضٌ

Root: رفض

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رَافِضٌ in the following saying of 'Amr Ibn-Ahmar El-Báhilee means A thrower: he says, إِذَا مَا الحِجَازِيَّاتُ أَعْلَقْنَ طَنَّبَتْ بِمَيْثَآءَ لَا يَأْلُوكَ رَافِضُهَا صَخْرَا meaning, When the women of El-Hijáz hang their goods and utensils upon the trees, they stretch their tent-ropes and pitch their tent in a soft tract of land, the thrower wherein will not be able to throw a large piece of stone at thee, because of the not finding it.

def.2 See also رَفْضَى.
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