عُصَارَةٌ

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عُصَارَةٌ Expressed juice or the like; what flows from grapes and the like, of things having oil or sirup or honey, on pressure or squeezing or wringing; [an extract; but properly, such as is expressed;] as also عَصِيرٌ and عُصَارٌ ; or, as some say, عُصَارٌ is a pl. of [or rather a coll. gen. n. of which the n. un. is] عُصَارَةٌ.
2 Also What remains of dregs, after pressing to force out the juice or the like.
3 Also The choice part, or the refuse, (نُقَايَة [which has these two contr. significations]) of a thing.
4 Also The produce of a land.
5 وَلَدُ فُلَانٍ عُصَارَةُ كَرَمٍ and مِنْ عُصَارَاتِ الكَرَمِ [means The children of such a one are of generous race, or of generous disposition].
6 رَجُلٌ كَرِيمُ العُصَارَةِ, and , and , A man generous, or liberal, when asked. And مَنِيعُ One with whom one cannot take refuge, or whose protection is unobtainable. And كَرِيمُ , or كَثِيرُ العَصِيرِ, not كَرِيمُ العَصْرِ as in the [O and] K, Of generous race. [See also عُنْصُرٌ.]

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