Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُعَارٌ

Root: عير

Full Definition

مُعَارٌ A horse, and a dog, made to go away as though he had escaped. or got loose: or made to escape: or made to escape, or get loose, and go away hither and thither, by reason of his exceeding sprightliness. It is also expl. as signifying, applied to a horse, Fattened: and having the hair of is tail plucked out: these two explanations mentioned by IKtt and others: and made lean, or light of flesh. See also the next paragraph.


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