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مِعْرَضٌ

Root: عرض

Full Definition

مِعْرَضٌ Garments in which girls are displayed: or a garment in which a girl is displayed: or a garment in which girls are displayed on the wedding-night; which is the goodliest of their apparel, or of the goodliest thereof: and a garment in which a girl is shown, or displayed, to the purchaser: or the shirt in which a male slave, and a girl, is shown, displayed, exposed, or offered for sale. [And hence, فِى مِعْرَضِ كَذَا In the guise of such a thing, used tropically, virtually agreeing with the phrase فِى مَعْرِضِ كَذَا in a sense expl. above.] See also مِعْرَاضٌ, last sentence but one.
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