عَلْقٌ
Root: علق
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عَلْقٌ
A hole in a garment, caused by one's passing by a tree or a thorn that has caught to it; as also
عَلَقٌ : or a thing that has caught, or clung, to a garment, and pulled it [and, app., frayed, or rent, it]. (S. [See also عَلْقَةٌ.])
def.2 And The act of reviling. [See also عَلَقَهُ بِلِسَانِهِ, near the end of the first paragraph.]
def.3 And A species of trees used for tanning.
def.4 See also the next paragraph, in two places.
def.2 And The act of reviling. [See also عَلَقَهُ بِلِسَانِهِ, near the end of the first paragraph.]
def.3 And A species of trees used for tanning.
def.4 See also the next paragraph, in two places.
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