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عَلِيقَةٌ

Root: علق

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عَلِيقَةٌ and عَلَاقَةٌ and عَلُوقٌ A camel, or two camels, sent by a man with a people, or party, in order that they may bring corn for him, thereon, he giving them money for that purpose: pl. عَلَائِقُ, which may be of the first and of the second; and of the first, عَلِيقَاتٌ. [See also جَنِيبَةٌ.]
2 [And in the present day عَلِيقَةٌ is applied to A nose-bag, such as is called مِخْلَاة; i. e. a bag that is hung to the head of a horse or the like, in which he eats barley or other fodder.]
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