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حِشَاكٌ ذ , (IDrd, S, Sgh,) thus correctly written, like كِتَابٌ, but in [most of] the copies of the K like سَحَابٌ, (TA, [in the CK like سَحَابَةٌ,]) A piece of wood which is put in the mouth of a kid, (S, K,) across, (S,) and tied (S, K) at the back of his neck, (S,) to prevent him from sucking: (S, K:) also called شِبَامٌ. (IDrd, S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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