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مِصْفَاةٌ

Root: صفو

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مِصْفَاةٌ i. q. رَاوُوقٌ; i. e. A strainer; a clarifier; i. e. a thing from which clearing, or clarifying, is effected; called by the vulgar مصفيَّة [i. e. مِصْفَيَّة, and also مِصْفَايَة]: pl. مَصَافٍ.
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