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مَقْصَدَةٌ
[lit., A thing that causes people to repair to, or seek, or endeavour after, or desire, it].
2 A woman great, and perfect, or complete, who pleases every one that beholds her.
3 Also, (or, as some write it, , TA,) A woman inclining to shortness.
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