وَاشِرَةٌ
Root: وشر
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وَاشِرَةٌ
A woman who sharpens and makes thin [and serrated] the [teeth, or] canine teeth. It is said in a trad., لَعَن اللّٰهُ الوَاشِرَةَ وَالمُوتَشِرَة [May God curse her who sharpens and makes thin and serrated the teeth, or the canine teeth, and her who orders one to do this, or who asks for it to be done]. An old woman does this in order to make herself like the young.
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