مِعْزَقَةٌ
Root: عزق
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مِعْزَقَةٌ
The implement with which the earth, or land, is cloven, or furrowed; [a kind of hoe,] resembling the
قَدُوم, or larger than this; as also
مِعْزَقٌ : accord. to IDrd, the implement with which the earth, or land, is cloven, or furrowed; whether it be a
فَأْس [meaning hoe], or a
مِسْحَاة [i. e. spade], or a
سِكَّة [i. e. ploughshare]: and he says, it is a
بِيلَة [from the Pers. بِيْلَه meaning a kind of mattock or hoe] which is curved [in its blade]: and some say that it is [particularly] a
فَأْس [i. e. hoe] with two extremities to its [iron] head: [it is applied in the present day to a kind of hoe with a broad blade:] pl. مَعَارِقُ.
2 And, accord. to IAar, The forked, or pronged, implement with which wheat is winnowed. (O, K; and L and TA voce حِفْرَاةٌ.)
2 And, accord. to IAar, The forked, or pronged, implement with which wheat is winnowed. (O, K; and L and TA voce حِفْرَاةٌ.)
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