مِطْحَانٌ
Root: طحن
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مِطْحَانٌ
A viper turning round about; or coiling itself. A poet says,
2 See also طَاحُونَةٌ.
[With a coiling viper, as though its hissing, when it is frightened, were the sound of water poured upon live coals].بِخَرْسَآءَ مِطْحَانٍ كَأَنَّ فَحِيحَهَا إِذَا فَزِعَتْ مَآءٌ هُرِيقَ عَلَى جَمْرِ
2 See also طَاحُونَةٌ.
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