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مِحَطٌّ

Root: حط

Full Definition

مِحَطٌّ and مِحَطَّةٌ An instrument of iron, or of wood, prepared (K, in some copies of which, for مُعَدَّةٌ, we find مُعَدِّلَةٌ, which is a mistake, TA,) for the polishing, or smoothing, of skins, to make them soft and beautiful; and for figuring, or decorating, them; [and for ruling them, or making lines upon them: see 1; last sentence:] or an instrument with which tattooing is performed: or an iron instrument used by sewers of boots &c., with which they figure, or decorate, the leather: or an instrument with a pointed extremity, used by binders of books, and by others.
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