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خِرْقَةٌ أخرق خرق خرقه خرقة A piece, (S, Msb, K,) or piece torn off, (TA,) of a garment, or of cloth; [a rag;] pl. خِرَقٌ. (S, Msb, TA.) ― -b2- [A ragged, patched, garment: and particularly one worn by a devotee; also called مُرَقَّعَةٌ, q. v.: but this is probably postclassical. Hence, أَصْحَابُ الخِرَقِ The devotees.] ― -b3- (tropical:) A portion of a swarm of locusts, (K, TA,) less than a رِجْل; as also حِزْقَةٌ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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