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بَيْرَمٌ بيرم The [implement called] عَتَلَة: or particularly the عتلة of the carpenter: (M, K:) [i. e.,] an auger, a wimble, or a gimlet; [called in the present day ↓ بَرِّيمَة ; accord. to Mirkát el-Loghah, cited by Golius, who writes the latter word without teshdeed, the former signifies such an implement (“ terebra ”) of a large size;] that with which the carpenter perforates: and also said to signify that with which the saddler perforates leather: (KL:) also a well-known kind of [implement such as is called in Persian] تِيشَهْ [i. e., a hatchet, or the like]: (PS:) AO said, the بَيْرَمْ is the عَتَلَة of the carpenter: or he said, the عتلة is the بيرم of the carpenter: (T:) this word, (M,) the بيرم of the carpenter, (S,) is Persian, (S, M,) arabicized. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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