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مُطْرَقٌ

Root: طرق

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مُطْرَقٌ [A shield having another sewed upon it: or covered with skin and sinews]: and مَجَانُّ مُطْرَقَةٌ, or , Shields sewed one upon another; formed of two skins, one of them sewed upon the other; like نَعْلٌ مُطْرَقَةٌ a sole having another sole sewed upon it; as also : or shields clad [i. e. covered] with skin and sinews. كَأَنَّ وُجُوهَهُمُ المَجَانُّ المُطْرَقَةُ, or , occurring in a trad., i. e. [As though their faces were] shields clad with sinews one above another, means having rough, or coarse, and broad, faces.
2 And رِيشٌ مُطْرَقٌ Feathers overlying one another.
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