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غَفْرٌ

Root: غفر

Full Definition

غَفْرٌ : see غَفَرٌ, in two places.

def.2 See also غُفْرٌ.

def.3 Also The belly.

def.4 And A certain thing like the [sack called] جُوَالِق.

def.5 And الغَفْرُ is the name of The star [ λ] in the left foot of Virgo: or three obscure stars, or three small stars, [most probably, I think, ι and κ and λ of Virgo, though said to be] belonging to Libra: one of the Mansions of the Moon, namely, the Fifteenth.
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