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روّل

Root: رول

Form: 2

Full Definition

روّلII , Verbal.Noun تَرْوِيلٌ, He slavered in his مِخْلَاة [or nose-bag]. [See also رَالَ in art. ريل.]
2 He discharged his urine interruptedly and convulsively.
3 He put forth his yard for the purpose of staling. And He extended his penis feebly: or he emitted his semen before access to the woman.

def.2 Also, He seasoned a cake of bread with grease or fat, or melted grease or fat, or the like, and with clarified butter: or he rubbed it with clarified butter, and with grease, or gravy, or dripping: or he rubbed it hard, or much, with clarified butter: or he soaked bread in clarified butter; and the like: or he made his food, or a cake of bread, very greasy: i. q. رَوَّغَ [q. v.]. (JK and TA in art. روغ.)
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