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مُطْرِفٌ

Root: طرف

Full Definition

مُطْرِفٌ [act. part. n. of 4, q. v.].
2 أَنْشِدِ البَيْتَيْنِ المُطْرِفَيْنِ, a phrase used by El-Hareeree, means Recite thou the two verses that adduce what is strange, or extraordinary, and approved, or deemed good: or, as some relate it, , expl. by Mtr as meaning that are ornamented at their two extremities; like the رِدَآء called مُطْرَف: or , meaning, if correctly related, that are beautified, and excite admiration, in the first and last foot; as being likened to the horse termed مُطَرَّفٌ, that is white in the head and the tail: and المطرّفين [i. e. المُطَرَّفَيْنِ] may mean المستطرفين [i. e. المُسْتَطْرَفَيْنِ].
3 See also طَرِيفٌ.
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