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رُوَيْغَةٌ

Root: روغ

Full Definition

رُوَيْغَةٌ i. q. حِيلَةٌ [meaning An evasion or elusion, a shift, a wile, an artifice, an artful contrivance or device, a plot, or a stratagem]: from الرَّوْغُ [Verbal.Noun of رَاغَ]: so in the saying, أَخَذْتَنِى بِالرُّوَيْغَةِ [Thou tookest me by an artifice, &c.]. [It has a similar meaning also in a saying cited voce حَوْجَآءُ, q. v.]
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