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خَوْلَعٌ خولع : see خَلْعٌ. ― -b2- It also signifies هَبِيد [i. e. Colocynth, or its pulp, or seed,] when it is cooked until its سَمْن [or decocted juice] comes forth, whereupon it is cleared, and put aside; and bruised dates of which the stones have been taken out are put upon it, and flour, and it is stirred about and beaten until it becomes mixed; then it is left, and put down; and when it becomes cold, its سمن is restored to it: or, as some say, colocynth (حَنْظَل) bruised, moistened with something to sweeten it, and then eaten; also called مُبَسَّلٌ. (TA.) [See هَبِيدٌ.] -A2- See also خُلَاعٌ: -A3- and خَلِيعٌ, in four places. -A4- Also Stupid; (K;) applied to a man. (TA.) -A5- And A skilful guide. (Sgh, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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