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ملّسهُ

Root: ملس

Form: 2

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ملّسهُII , Verbal.Noun تَمْلِيسٌ, He rendered it smooth, sleek, or free from asperities. You say, ملّس الأَرْضَ, بِالْمَلَّاسَةِ, Verbal.Noun as above, [He smoothed the land with the ملّاسة;] he drew the مِمْلَقَة [or ملّاسة] over the land, [and so made it smooth, or even,] after the ploughing and sowing thereof.

def.2 Also, Verbal.Noun as above, He made him to escape; or to be, or become, or get, clear, quit, free, or at liberty; مِنَ الأَمْرِ from the thing, or affair; and منْ يَدِ غَيْرِهِ from the hand of another.
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