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تُرْسٌ أرسى رسا رسى ترس [A shield;] a certain piece of defensive armour; (M, TA;) a thing well known: (A, Msb, K:) pl. تِرَسَةٌ and تِرَاسٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and تِرَاسَةٌ (S) and تُرُوسٌ, [all pls. of mult.,] and أَتْرَاسٌ, [a pl. of pauc.,] (S, M, Msb, K,) but not أَتْرِسَةٌ. (ISk, S, Msb.) A تُرْس that is made of skins, without wood and without sinews in it, is called حَجَفَةٌ and دَرَقَةٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- Also (tropical:) The disk of the sun. (A, * TA.) ― -b3- And (tropical:) A smooth, round, level piece of ground: (A, TA:) or a rugged piece of hard, or hard and level, ground. (Ibn- 'Abbád, K.) ― -b4- See also مَتَرْسٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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