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مَاسِطَةٌ

Root: مشط

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مَاسِطَةٌ [A female comber, or comber and dresser, of the hair;] a female who combs the hair, or combs and dresses it, well; and [in like manner] a girl who performs well the art of combing, or combing and dressing, the hair. And one of the post-classical writers has used in his poetry the epithet مَشَّاطٌ [applied in like manner to a man or boy]. (TA.
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