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مَغَاصٌ ذ A place where one dives in, or descends beneath, water; (Lth, A, K;) as also ↓ غَوْصٌ : (Lth, Mgh:) or ↓ the latter signifies particularly a place [where one dives and] whence pearls are fetched out. (JK, Mgh. *) You say also, هٰذَا مَغَاصُ اللُّؤْلُؤِ This is the diving-place for pearls. (A.) ― -b2- Also The upper part of the سَاق [or shank, &c.]. (JK, Sgh, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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