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لُمَاظَةٌ

Root: لمظ

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لُمَاظَةٌ What remains in the mouth, of food, after eating: or something which one may taste time after time, or after eating which one may move about his tongue in his mouth as though seeking leisurely and gradually after some remains thereof between his teeth. [See also what next precedes.]
2 Also, A remain, remainder, or residue, of something little in quantity.
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