قُرَاضَةٌ
Root: قرض
Full Definition
قُرَاضَةٌ
[Cuttings; clippings; and the like;] what falls by the action termed
القَرْض; as, for instance, of gold, and of silver; and of a garment, or piece of cloth, which a tailor cuts with his shears; and of this last, and of bread, &c., by the gnawing (قَرْض) of a rat, or mouse: pl. قُرَاضَاتٌ.
2 [Hence,] أَخَذَ الأَمْرَ بِقُرَاضَتِهِ
3 [Hence also,] قُرَاضَةُ المَالِ
4 قُرَاضَةٌ also relates to an evil action, and an evil saying, which one man directs against another. [What is meant by this is not clear to me.]
2 [Hence,] أَخَذَ الأَمْرَ بِقُرَاضَتِهِ
3 [Hence also,] قُرَاضَةُ المَالِ
4 قُرَاضَةٌ also relates to an evil action, and an evil saying, which one man directs against another. [What is meant by this is not clear to me.]
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