مِخْلَاةٌ

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مِخْلَاةٌ A thing [or bag] into which خَلًى is put: [and hence a nose-bag for a horse or the like; so in the present day;] a small sack that is hung to the head of a horse [or the like], in which he eats barley [&c.]: so called because they used to cut [and put] خَلًى therein for their beasts: pl. مَخَالٍ.
2 مَخَالِى القَتَبِ: see حِدْجٌ.

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