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مِخْثًى

Root: خثى

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مِخْثًى , so in the Tekmileh, [or مِخْثًا accord. to the CK, there, with the article, written المِخْثا,] or مِخْثَآءٌ , The [kind of pouch called] خَرِيطة, and small [bag such as is termed] جِرَاب, of the gatherer of [wild] honey, which he puts beneath the part between his armpit and his flank, and in which he deposits the honey.
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