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مِضْيَاقٌ

Root: ضيق

Full Definition

مِضْيَاقٌ , or ضِيَاقٌ , like كِتَابٌ [in measure], thus in all the copies of the K, [but probably, I think, taken from a mistranscription,] A pessary (دُرْجَةٌ) of rag and perfume, with which a woman endeavours to constrict her vagina (تَسْتَضِيقُ بِهَا).
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