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نُثَارٌ

Root: نثر

Full Definition

نُثَارٌ What becomes scattered, strewn, or dispersed, of, or from, a thing; as also نُثَارَةٌ , and نَثَرٌ , (K, [but see مُنْتَثِرٌ,]) and, as some say, نِثَارٌ : so the of wheat, and of barley, and the like: or نُثَارٌ signifies the crumbs of bread, and of everything, that become scattered around the table: or the crumbs of the table that become scattered around: as also نُثَارَةٌ : or this last, what becomes scattered from the table, and is eaten in the hope of obtaining a recompense [for preventing its being thrown away or trodden under foot].
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