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مَحْطُوطٌ محطوط [originally, Put down; applied to a load, &c. See 1. ― -b2- And hence,] applied to a price: see حَاطِطٌ. -A2- Leather polished, or made smooth [&c.: see 1; last sentence]. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A sword made thin. (TA.) ― -b3- أَلْيَةٌ مَحْطُوطَةٌ (tropical:) [A rump] without مَأْكَمَة [or protuberant buttocks]; (K, TA;) as though it were smoothed (حُطَّتْ) with the مِحَطّ. (TA.) And جَارِيَةٌ مَحْطُوطَةُ المَتْنَيْنِ (tropical:) A girl having the مَتْنَانِ [or two portions of flesh and sinew next the backbone, on each side,] extended [or long]; as though they were smoothed with the مِحَطّ: (TA:) or having them extended [or long] and even (S, TA) and beautiful. (Az, TA.) And مَحْطُوطّةُ الكَشْحِ may mean (assumed tropical:) A woman whose flank is as though it were smoothed with the مِحَطّ: but it is better explained as meaning elevated, or protuberant, in the posteriors, and depressed in the flank. (Ham p. 141.) [See also أَحَطُّ.]

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