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مُزَفَّتٌ ذ Smeared with زِفْت; (S, A, * Mgh, K;) applied to a wine-skin, (A,) or a vessel, or receptacle for wine; i. q. مُقَيَّرٌ. (TA.) The receptacle thus termed quickly occasions alteration [or fermentation] in the wine [contained in it]. (Mgh.) You say جَرَّةٌ مُزَفَّتَةٌ A jar smeared with زِفْت. (S.) And it is said in a trad., نَهَى عَنِ المُزَفَّتِ [He forbade the use of that skin, or vessel, which is smeared with زفت, for the beverage called نَبِيذ]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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