طَحَنَ

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طَحَنَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun طَحْنٌ, said of a man, He ground the wheat; i. e. he made the wheat into دَقِيق [i. e. flour]; and so [but app. in an intensive sense] طحّنهُ .
2 [Hence] one says, طَحَنَهُمْ فَأَهْلَكَهُمْ [He crushed them and destroyed them]. (T and M and K in art. دم.) And حَرْبٌ تَطْحَنُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ [A war that crushes every thing]. (TA. [See also طَحُونٌ.]) And طَحَنَتْهُمُ المَنُونُ [Time, or death, reduced them to dust].
3 And one says also, طَحَنَتِ الرَّحَى [The mill-stone ground; or revolved].
4 And [hence,] طَحَنَتِ الأَفْعَى The viper turned round about; or coiled itself.

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