عَصِيدَةٌ
Root: عصد
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عَصِيدَةٌ
is well known; [as being A sort of thick gruel, consisting of] wheat-flour moistened and stirred about with clarified butter, and cooked: one stirs it about, and turns it over, with a
مِسْوَاط, [i. e. stick, or the like,] (also called
مِعْصَدٌ and
, L,) so that no part of it that has not been turned over remains in the vessel; and hence it is thus called; [it is also commonly made with boiling water, flour, clarified butter, and honey:] accord. to El-Mufaddal, it is properly thus called when it is so thick that it may be chewed. (TA voce وَطِيْئَةٌ [q. v.: see also حَرِيرَةٌ.]
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