عَبِيثَةٌ

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عَبِيثَةٌ [The preparation of curd called] أَقِط whereof what is moist is poured out, when it is cooked, upon what is dry thereof, and mixed with it: or أَقِطٌ مُعَالَجٌ [i. e. اقط prepared by mixing, or otherwise, app. in the manner described above]: and أَقِط and سَوِيق [or meal of parched barley or wheat] mixed with clarified butter, and then eaten: or أَقِط mixed with clarified butter: and أَقِط pounded with dates, or with dried dates, and then eaten, and drunk; as also عَبِيثٌ : or it signifies, or signifies also, طَعَام [app. meaning wheat] which is cooked, and in which locusts (جَرَاد) are put: and wheat and barley mixed together: so in the saying, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ بِعَبِيثَةٍ فِى وِعَائِهِ [Such a one came with wheat and barley mixed together in his provision-bag]: pl. عَبَائِثُ.
2 Also Sheep, or goats, mixed together. One says, ظَلَّتِ الغَنَمُ عَبِيثَةً وَاحِدَةً [The sheep, or goats, became one mixed flock or herd]; and so بَكِيلَةً وَاحِدَةً: this is when sheep, or goats, meet others and enter among them and become mixed with them: it is a proverb.
3 And عَبِيثَةُ النَّاسِ The mixed sorts of men or of the people, who are not from one ancestor, and who are congregated from various, or sundry, places.
4 And عَبِيثَةٌ signifies also One whose line of ancestors is mixed and vitiated.

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