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سُدُوسٌ

Root: سدس

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سُدُوسٌ and , As used to say the latter, A [garment of the kind called] طَيْلَسَان: or a طيلسان, or any garment, of the colour termed خُضْرَة [here app. meaning a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour].

def.2 And the former, or the latter, Smoke-black of fat; or lamp-black; syn. نِيلَنْجٌ.
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