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مَاسِحٌ

Root: مسح

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مَاسِحٌ He has a fretting of the edge of the callosity upon his breast, produced by his elbow, without making it bleed: if he make it bleed, you say بِهِ حَازٌّ: and he has a chafing of his arm-pit produced by his elbow, but not violent, by reason of the disease called ضَاغِط.
2 See مَسِيحٌ.
3 مَاسِحٌ and مَسِيحٌ A great slayer; one who slays much, or many.
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