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مِرْأَبٌ

Root: رأب

Full Definition

مِرْأَبٌ An instrument with which cracks, or fissures, in a vessel, are repaired, or mended; syn. مِشْعَبٌ.
2 [And hence,] the same word, and , A man who repairs, or mends, cracks, or fissures, of bowls [&c.]: or who repairs, or mends, things well. And [hence,] A man who effects reconciliation, or makes peace, between people. Pl. [of the former] مَرَائِيبُ [as though the sing. were مِرْآبٌ also].
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