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حُصَالَةٌ حصاله حصالة What remains, of grain, in the place where it has been trodden out, after the removal [of the bulk] of the grain: (S, O:) or, as also ↓ حَصْلٌ (K, TA) and ↓ حَصَلٌ , (K,) what remains, of barley and wheat, in the place where it has been trodden out, after the bad thereof has been removed: and what comes forth from wheat, and is thrown away, such as [the weed called] زُؤَان, (K, TA,) and دنقة [i. e. دَنْقَة or دَنَقَة] and the like: or what comes forth from barley and wheat, and is thrown away, when it is somewhat grosser than dust, or earth, and than what are termed دُقَاق [q. v.]: (TA:) or the remains of wheat in the sieve, after the sifting, with what are mixed therewith; as also خُصَالَةٌ; but the former word is the more known. (JK and TA in art. خصل.) [See also حُثَالَةٌ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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