صَمُوتٌ

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صَمُوتٌ A coat of mail from which no sound is heard to proceed when it is put on, it being soft to the feel, not rough nor rusty: or a heavy coat of mail. And جَارِيَةٌ صَمُوتُ الخَلْخَالَيْنِ A girl, or young woman, having thick legs, form whose pair of anklets no sound is heard to proceed, by reason of their being depressed in her legs. (TA. [لَها in the CK is erroneously put for لَهُمَا.]) And سَيْفٌ صَمُوتٌ A sword that penetrates deeply into the thing struck with it [so as not to make a sound by its being repelled by a bone]. And ضَرْبَةٌ صَمُوتٌ A blow [with a sword or the like] passing among the bones, not recoiling from a bone so as to make a sound.
2 And شَهْدَةٌ صَمُوتٌ A honey-comb that is full; not having a cell empty.

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