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مُخَاطٌ

Root: مخط

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مُخَاطٌ Mucus; snivel; what flows from the nose, like لُعَاب from the mouth: pl. أَمْخِطَةٌ only.
2 مُخَاطُ الشَّيْطَانِ, also called مُخَاطُ الشَّمْس, and لُعَابُ الشَّمْس, and رِيقُ الشَّمْسِ, all these appellations having been heard from the Arabs, [The fine filmy cobwebs called gossamer, which are occasionally seen in very hot and calm weather, when the sun is high, floating in the air, in stringy or flaky forms;] what appears in the sun's rays to him who looks into the air in the time of vehement midday-heat: مخاط الشيطان is explained by Z and IB as meaning what comes forth from the mouth of the spider. (TA in art. خيط.)
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