Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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ندس ندف ندل


1. ⇒ ندف

نَدَفَ [He separated and loosened cotton by means of a bow and a kind of wooden mallet, by striking the string of the bow with the mallet: see حَلَجَ; and حَرَنَ] he beat cotton with the مِنْدَف↓, (Ṣ, Mṣb,* Ḳ,) also called مِنْدَفَة↓, i. e., his wooden implement with which he strikes the bowstring, that it [the cotton] might become fine. (Ḳ.)


مِنْدَفٌ / مِنْدَفَةٌ

مِنْدَفٌ and مِنْدَفَةٌ: see 1; and see مِحْرَنٌ and مِنْبَضٌ.


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