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مَصْقُولٌ

Root: صقل

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مَصْقُولٌ : see صَقِيلٌ.
2 مَصْقُولُ الكِسَآءِ means Milk overspread with a pellicle: a rájiz says, فَهْوَ إِذَا مَا ٱهْتَافَ أَوْ تَهَيَّفَا يُبْقِى الدُّوَايَاتِ إِذَا تَرَشَّفَا عَنْ كُلِّ مَصْقُولِ الكِسَآءِ قَدْ صَفَا [And he, when he thirsts, or experiences the hot south-west wind (الهَيْف), leaves only the pellicles when he sucks in with his lips from every quantity of milk overspread with a pellicle, that has become clear]: accord. to As, it means the froth of milk: IAar explained it accord. to its apparent signification, as used in a verse of 'Amr Ibn-ElAhtam El-Minkaree, i. e. as meaning a [glossy] red كِسَآء; [a sense not indicated by that verse, and clearly inconsistent with the ex. cited above;] and when told how As had explained it, replied that, when he had said it, he was ashamed to retract it.
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