سَمْنٌ
Root: سمن
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سَمْنٌ
Clarified butter; ghee; i. e. سِلَآء
of fresh butter, or of milk; it is of the cow, and sometimes of the goat: what comes forth, or is made, [or clarified, by cooking it, or boiling it, sometimes with an admixture of
سَوِيق , or dates, or globules of gazelles' dung, (see خُلَاصَةٌ, and قِشْدَةٌ, and قِلْدَةٌ,)] from the milk of cows, and of goats, or sheep: [n. un. with ة:] pl. [of mult.] سُمْنَانٌ (S, M, L, Msb, K, in the CK [erroneously] سِمْنَانٌ) and سُمُونٌ and [of pauc.] أَسْمُنٌ: it counteracts all poisons, clears away the filth from foul ulcers, matures all tumours, and removes the [discoloration and spots termed] كَلَف
and
نَمَش
from the face, applied as a liniment.
2 سَمْنُ الهَبِيدِ [Decocted juice of the colocynth, or of its pulp, or seed]. (TA voce خَوْلَعٌ, q. v.)
2 سَمْنُ الهَبِيدِ [Decocted juice of the colocynth, or of its pulp, or seed]. (TA voce خَوْلَعٌ, q. v.)
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