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قُوْعَةٌ

Root: قرع

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قُوْعَةٌ [A lot used in sortilege: lots collectively: sortilege itself. Used in all these senses in the present day, and app. in the classical times.] ضَرَبَ القُرْعَةَ He shuffled, or cast, or drew, lots; performed a sortilege.
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