Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مِطَحَّةٌ

Root: طح

Full Definition

مِطَحَّةٌ The hinder part of the hoof of a sheep or goat: or a thing resembling a فَلْكَة [generally meaning the whirl of a spindle], in its foot, with which it scrapes the ground: Lth says that, beneath its hoof, in the place of the مِطَحَّة, is a little bone like the فَلْكَة.


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