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هِبْرِيَةٌ

Root: هبر

Full Definition

هِبْرِيَةٌ and هُبَارِيَةٌ [Scurf on the head;] what is in the hair of the head, resembling bran; the dirt of the head, that clings to the lower part of the hair, resembling bran; as also إِبْرِيَةٌ and تِبْرِيَةٌ. (AO, S, K, in art. تبر.)
2 Also, [both ↓ words,] What flies about, of, or from, feathers, and the like: and the former, what flies about, of, or from, the down of cotton: or the fine down that flies about from cotton: and what becomes scattered about, and compacted, of, or from, canes, or reeds, and the بَرْدِىّ [or papyrus]: pl. of the former, هِبْرِيَاتٌ.
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