Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مِيسَمٌ

Root: وسم

Full Definition

مِيسَمٌ A brand, or mark made with a hot iron. (TA, voce خِدَادٌ.)
2 [Originally] A branding, or cauterizing, instrument [or iron]; a marking instrument.
3 An impress, or a character, of beauty. See an ex. in a verse cited voce أَثِمَ.


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