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لِيَاطٌ

Root: لوط

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لِيَاطٌ [originally لِوَاطٌ] Quick lime, or the like; syn. كِلْسٌ: and gypsum: because water-ing-troughs, &c. are plastered therewith.
2 And, Human ordure; or thin human ordure; syn. سَلْحٌ.
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