مِرْقَمٌ

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مِرْقَمٌ A writing-reed; because it is an instrument for الرَّقْم, i. e. writing: also called أَرْقَمُ [app. because partly blackened with ink]. One says to him who is vehemently angry, extravagantly, or immoderately, so, طَغَا مِرْقَمُكَ, [signifying Thy pen has exceeded its due limit], in some of the lexicons طَمَا, and جَاشَ مرقمك, and عَلَا, or غَلَا, accord. to different copies of the K, and فَاضَ, and طَفَحَ, and اِرْتَفَعَ, and قَذَفَ مرقمك: all [virtually] meaning the same.
2 Also A thing with which bread is marked (يُنْقَشُ); like مِنْسَغَةٌ; in Pers. called پَرِ نَانْ [i. e. a feather, or bundle of feathers, with which bread is pricked by the maker]: pl. مَرَاقِمُ.

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