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رَجْمَةٌ

Root: رجم

Full Definition

رَجْمَةٌ : see رَجَمٌ, second sentence.
2 [It is applied in the present day to Any heap of stones thrown together or piled up.]
3 Also A [kind of turret, such as is called] مَنَارَة, like a بَيْت [i. e. tent, or house, &c.], around which they used to circuit: a poet says, كَمَا طَافَ بِالرَّجْمَةِ [Like as when he who beat the ground circuited around the رجمة].
4 رجمة [thus written, but perhaps it is رُجْمَةٌ ,] is also sing. of رِجَام signifying [Hills, or mountains, &c., such as are called] هِضَاب [pl. of هَضْبَةٌ].
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