مُدْمَجٌ

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مُدْمَجٌ , applied to a man, Well knit together, like a rope firmly twisted; as also : and in like manner, مُدْمَجَاتُ الخَلْقِ, applied to women, of a frame well knit together; and so دُمَّجٌ , of which ISd found no singular. And accord. to Lth, مُدَمَّجٌ , applied to the back, and to a limb, or member, means [Well compacted, or rounded, and smooth;] as though made round and smooth (أُدْرِجَتْ وَ مُلِّسَتْ) as when the female comber and dresser of hair plaits the locks of a woman's hair: [or this may be a mistranscription for مُدْمَجٌ; for it is said that] مُدْمَجٌ signifies round and smooth; syn. مُدَمْلَجٌ; or مُدْرَجٌ مَعَ مَلَاسَتِهِ: and, applied to a back, made smooth.
2 Also An arrow that is used in the game called المَيْسِر. El-Hárith Ibn-Hillizeh says, أَلْفَيْتَنَا لِلضَّيْفِ خَيْرَ عِمَارَةٍ إلَّا يَكُنْ لَبَنٌ فَعَطْفٌ المُدْمَجِ [Thou hast found us to be, for the guest, the best tribe: if there is not any milk, then is the shuffling of the gaming arrow]: meaning, if there is not any milk, we shuffle the gaming arrow for [the purpose of deciding who shall supply] the camel to be slaughtered, and we slaughter it for the guest.

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