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خَشَّابَةٌ ذ [a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is ↓ خَشَّابٌ ,] Sellers of خَشَب [i. e. wood, or timber]. (TA.) ― -b2- Fighters with staves. -A2- Accord. to ElHejeree, خشابة [so in the TA, without any syll. sign,] signifies A slender [implement of the kind called] مطرق [i. e. مِطْرَق, q. v.,] which the polisher, when he has finished the polishing of a sword, passes over it, in consequence of which the scabbard does not alter its state. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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