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مَعْبُولٌ ذ [pass. part. n. of عَبَلَهُ; as such, Cut, &c.: ― -b2- and] Repelled: thus in the following verse, cited by IAar: “ هَا إِِنَّ رَمْيِى عَنْهُمُ لَمَعْبُولْ
فَلَا صَرِيخَ ا@لْيَوْمَ إِِلَّا ا@لْمَصْقُولْ
” [Now verily my shooting in defence of them is repelled; so there is no aider to-day but the polished sword]: the speaker was shooting at his enemy, and the shooting availed not at all; so he fought with the sword. (O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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