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زَالِجٌ

Root: زلج

Full Definition

زَالِجٌ : see زَلُوجٌ.
2 Also An arrow that slips (يَتَزَلَّجُ or يَنْزَلِجُ [see 5]) from the bow; and so زَلُوجٌ [q. v.]: or an arrow that is shot by the archer, and falls short of the butt, striking violently upon a rock, and bounding up from it to the butt: but such is not reckoned مُقَرْطِس: (AHeyth, TA: [see also زَالِخٌ:]) and زَلْجٌ , as though an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet, an arrow that falls upon the ground, and does not go straight to the animal at which it is shot.
3 Also Escaping from difficulties, troubles, or distresses.
4 And Drinking vehemently of anything.
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