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مِقْنَبٌ ذ A thing that the sportsman has with him, (S,) his bag, (خَرِيطَة, O, or وِعَآء, K,) or a thing resembling a مِخْلَاة or a خَرِيطَة, (TA,) in which he puts the game that he takes. (S, O, TA.) ― -b2- See also قِنَابٌ, in two places. ― -b3- Also A ring of gold. (JK.) -A2- And A troop of horses or horsemen, (S, O, K,) or of both, (TA,) from thirty to forty, (S, O, K, TA,) or less than a hundred, (TA,) or as many as three hundred: (Lth, O, K, TA:) or a troop of horses or horsemen that assemble for a hostile, or predatory, incursion: pl. مَقَانِبُ. (Kf, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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