مَعْصُوبٌ

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مَعْصُوبٌ [Twisted, or wound round: and folded, or folded tightly: and bound, or tied: see 1, first sentence.
2 And hence,] Firm, or strong, in the compacture of the flesh. You say رَجُلٌ مَعْصُوبُ الخَلْقِ [A man firm, or compact, in respect of make]; strongly, or firmly, knit, or compacted; not flabby in flesh. And جَارِيَةٌ مَعْصُوبَةٌ, meaning حَسَنَةُ العَصْبِ i. e. مَجْدُولَةُ الخَلْقِ [A girl, or young woman, goodly in respect of compacture; well compacted in respect of make].
3 And A slender, or an elegant, sword.
4 And Hungry, having his belly bound round: or [simply] hungry; in the dial. of Hudheyl: or very hungry: or one whose bowels are almost dried up by hunger: an epithet said to be applied to a hungry man because he binds round his belly with a stone [within the bandage] on account of his hunger: it is said to have been the custom of any hungry man, among the Arabs, to bind his belly with a bandage, under which he sometimes put a stone.
5 And A letter (كِتَابٌ); thus called because bound round with a thread, or string: so in the saying, وَرَدَ عَلَىَّ مَعْصُوبٌ [A letter came to me].

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