Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مِطْحَانٌ

Root: طحن

Full Definition

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


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