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عِهْنٌ ذ Wool, (AO, S, K, TA,) in a general sense: (TA:) or wool dyed of various colours; (K, TA;) and it has been expl. as having this meaning in the Kur ci. 4: Er-Rághib says, it is peculiarly applied to coloured wool; referring to the Kur lv. 37: (TA:) and ↓ عِهْنَةٌ signifies a portion [or flock or tuft] thereof: the pl. of عِهْنٌ is عُهُونٌ [meaning sorts of عِهْن]. (S, K.) -A2- هُوَ عِهْنُ مَالٍ means He is a good manager, or tender, of property, or camels, or cattle. (S, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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