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هُدَبِدٌ

Root: هدبد

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هُدَبِدٌ and هُدَابِدٌ Very thick milk: sour and thick milk. The former word is a contraction of the latter.
2 Also the former, Smallness of the eyes, and weakness of the sight; or nyctalopia, or the seeing better by night than in the day, and in a cloudy day than in a clear one; syn. خَفَشٌ: or weakness of the eye, or, of the sight: or [that weakness of the sight which is termed] عَشًا, [which is a badness of sight by night and day; or the quality of seeing by day but not by night,] also termed شَبْكَرَةٌ: or weakness of the sight, with a flowing of the tears at most times; syn. عَمَشٌ: or this is a mistake: or any injurious affection of the eye.
3 Also, Weak-sighted: an epithet applied to a man.
4 Also, Black gum which flows from trees.
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