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زَوْرَةٌ

Root: زور

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زَوْرَةٌ A single visit.

def.2 Distance; remoteness: from الاِزْوِرَارُ. A poet says, وَمَآءٍ وَرَدْتُ عَلَى زَوْرَةٍ [To many a water have I come, notwithstanding its distance]: or, accord. to AA, عَلَى زَوْرَةٍ, in this ex., accord. to one relation زُورَة, but the former is the better known, means upon a she-camel that looked from the outer angle of her eye, by reason of her vehemence and sharpness of temper.
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