مَحْنِيَةٌ
Root: حنو
Full Definition
2 Also, [in one copy of the K written مَحْنِيَّةٌ,] A bending, or curving, tract of ground, whether of sand or of any other kind: Sb says that the ى is substituted for و, because it is from حَنَوْتُ; which shows that he did not know حَنَيْتُ. And مَحْنِيَةُ رَمْلٍ The part of a tract of sand over which winds [a portion such as is termed] a حِقْف.
3 Also A milking-vessel (عُلْبَة, q. v.,) made of the skins of camels [or rather of a piece of the skin of a camel]: sand is put into a piece of the skin, which is then suspended, and dries, becoming like a bowl: it is more convenient (أَرْفَقُ) to the pastor than other kinds.
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