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مُزَفَّتٌ

Root: زفت

Full Definition

مُزَفَّتٌ Smeared with زِفْت; applied to a wine-skin, or a vessel, or receptacle for wine; i. q. مُقَيَّرٌ. The receptacle thus termed quickly occasions alteration [or fermentation] in the wine [contained in it]. You say جَرَّةٌ مُزَفَّتَةٌ A jar smeared with زِفْت. And it is said in a trad., نَهَى عَنِ المُزَفَّتِ [He forbade the use of that skin, or vessel, which is smeared with زفت, for the beverage called نَبِيذ].
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