مُضَرَّسٌ

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مُضَرَّسٌ A sort of figured cloth or garment, having upon it forms resembling أَضْرَاس [i. e. teeth or lateral teeth or molar teeth], or thought by IF to be thus called because having upon it such forms: or, applied as an epithet to [the kind of garments called] رَيْط, as meaning figured with the marks of folding: or meaning folded in a square form: or, as some say, مُضَرَّسَةٌ signifies a sort of cloths, or garments, upon which are lines and ornamental borders.
2 And An arrow that is not smooth, or even; because it has in it what resemble أَضْرَاس.
3 And حرَّةٌ مُضَرَّسَةٌ and مَضْرُوسَةٌ [A stony tract] in which are stones like the أَضْرَاس of dogs.

def.2 Also A man who has been tried, or proved, or tried and strengthened, by experience; whom trials have befallen, as though he had been bitten thereby: who has been tried, or proved, and rendered expert, or strong, by wars, and by affairs, or calamities: like مُنَجَّذٌ from نَاجِذٌ: or who has become experienced in affairs: one who has travelled, and become experienced in affairs, and fought; as also ضِرْسٌ and ضَرِسٌ .

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