عَبَاقِيَةٌ
Root: عبق
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عَبَاقِيَةٌ
, applied to a man, Guileful, or crafty; cunning, or very cunning; evil, or mischievous.
2 And A thief, who steals camels, (خَارِبٌ, K,) or who strips people forcibly of their clothes, (حَارِبٌ, O,) who will not refrain from anything: thus expl. by Ish.
def.2 Also A scar caused by a wound in the ball, or most elevated part, of the cheek. So in the saying, بِهِ شَيْنٌ عَبَاقِيَةٌ [In him is a blemish, a scar &c.], or شَيْنٌ وَعَبَاقِيَةٌ [a blemish and a scar &c.].
def.3 And A certain thorny tree, that hurts him who is caught by its thorns; said by AHn to be of the [kind called] عِضَاه.
2 And A thief, who steals camels, (خَارِبٌ, K,) or who strips people forcibly of their clothes, (حَارِبٌ, O,) who will not refrain from anything: thus expl. by Ish.
def.2 Also A scar caused by a wound in the ball, or most elevated part, of the cheek. So in the saying, بِهِ شَيْنٌ عَبَاقِيَةٌ [In him is a blemish, a scar &c.], or شَيْنٌ وَعَبَاقِيَةٌ [a blemish and a scar &c.].
def.3 And A certain thorny tree, that hurts him who is caught by its thorns; said by AHn to be of the [kind called] عِضَاه.
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