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مِجْمَرَةٌ

Root: جمر

Full Definition

مِجْمَرَةٌ and , which latter is sometimes fem. [like the former], or fem. when by it is meant the fire (النَّار), and masc. when meaning the place [of the fire], and مُجْمَرٌ , A vessel for fumigation; a censer; a vessel in which live coals are put, with incense, or some odoriferous substance for fumigation; a vessel in which aloes-wood is burned: it is disapproved, because generally of silver; but not so what is termed مِدْخَنَةٌ: or مُجْمَرٌ signifies the thing for which the live coals are prepared: [and مِجْمَرَةٌ also signifies a blacksmith's fire-place: (K in art. كور:)] pl. مَجَامِرُ.
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