مِحْضَنَةٌ
Root: حضن
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مِحْضَنَةٌ
A shallow bowl, made of clay, for the pigeon [to lay its eggs therein, and] to brood therein upon its eggs: مَحَاضِنٌ [is its pl.], accord. to rule, pl. of
مَحْضَنٌ [&c., and] signifies the places, in pigeon-towers, in which the pigeons lay their eggs. [See what next precedes.]
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