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سَعَابِيبُ

Root: سعب

Full Definition

سَعَابِيبُ What extend like threads, or strings, from honey and marsh-mallows, and the like: pl. of سُعْبُوبٌ . You say, سَالَ فَمُهُ سَعَابِيبَ His slaver extended, or stretched out, like threads, or strings. And فُوهُ يَجْرِى سَعَابِيبَ His mouth runs with clear water, having an extended [or a ropy] flow; like يجرى ثَعَابِيبَ.
2 And What follow the hand in milking, [stretching out] like phlegm: pl. of .
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