شَغْزَبِيَّةٌ
Root: شغزب
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شَغْزَبِيَّةٌ
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شَغْزَبَى , as also شَغْرَبِيَّةٌ and شَغْرَبَى, but more chastely with ز, A sort of trick in throwing down [or wrestling]; the twisting of one's leg with the leg of another, and throwing him down in the manner termed
شَزْرًا [or sideways]: and one says also, أَخَذَهُ بِالشَّغْزَبِيَّةِ, (S, TA, [in one of my copies of the S بِالشَّغْزَبَةِ,]) meaning the same: and صَرَعَهُ صَرْعَةً شَغْزَبِيَّةً: [the pl. is شَغَازِبُ:] Dhu-r-Rummeh says,
[And he involved affairs in confusion between parties, so all prepared for him tricks by which to overthrow him, and artifice]وَلَبَّسَ بَيْنَ أَقْوَامٍ فَكُلٌّ أَعَدَّ لَهُ الشَّغَازِبَ وَالمِحَالَ
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