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شَطَاطٌ ذ Distance; remoteness; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓ شِطَاطٌ and ↓ شِطَّةٌ , with kesr, (K,) and ↓ مَشَطَّةٌ . (TA.) It is said in a trad., اَللّٰهُمَّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَسُوْءِ المُنْقَلَبِوَعْثَآءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الشِّطَّةِ i. e. [O God, verily I seek protection by Thee from trouble of travel, and grievousness] of distance of the space to be journeyed over, [and evilness of return to my home.] (TA.) ― -b2- And Distance, or farness, between the two extremities of a man; as also ↓ شِطَاطٌ and ↓ شَطَاطَةٌ . (K.) And Tallness, and beauty of stature: (K:) or justness of stature: (IDrd, S, K:) as also ↓ شِطَاطٌ , (S, K,) in either sense. (K.) -A2- Also, and ↓ شِطَاطٌ , Fragments of baked bricks. (K.) ― -b2- [Freytag erroneously assigns the first and last meanings in this paragraph to شَطَّةٌ: and he adds, from Reiske, a meaning belonging to شِظَاظٌ.]

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