غِرْيَلٌ

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غِرْيَلٌ and غِرْيَنٌ signify the same; [Silt, or alluvial deposit, left upon the ground by a torrent;] i. e. earth, or mould, borne by a torrent, and remaining upon the ground, much cracked, whether moist or dry: or fine earth or mould, which is seen to have drive upon the ground, and became much cracked, when a torrent has came and remained some time upon the ground, and then sunk in and disappeared: or, accord. to AA, what remains of, or from, water, or of earth, or mud, in a watering-trough: and a pool of water left by a torrent. in which remain animal cules termed] دَعَامِيص [pl. of دُعْمُوصٌ, q. v.], and which one cannot drink. And The sediment remaining in the bottom of a flask, or bottle: and the sediment of a dye. And Dust; syn. غُبَارٌ. And The mucus of the nose of a solid-hoofed animal of any hand.

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