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مِحْلَجٌ

Root: حلج

Full Definition

مِحْلَجٌ The thing on which is performed the operation, upon cotton, signified by the verb حَلَجَ; as also مِحْلَجَةٌ : it is of wood or of stone.
2 See also مِحْلَاجٌ.
3 Also The axis (مِحْوَر) of the sheave of a pulley.
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