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مُحَفَّلَةٌ محفل محفله محفلة A ewe, or she-goat, left unmilked (S, Msb) for some days, in order that the milk may collect in her udder, for sale, (S,) or until the milk has collected in her udder: (Msb:) or a ewe, or she-goat, or a she-camel, or a cow, whose milk has been made to collect in the udder, in order to deceive the purchaser, that he may increase the price: (Mgh:) originally مُحَفَّلٌ لَبَنُهَا. (Msb.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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