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خَمْلٌ خمل [The nap, or pile, or villous substance on the surface, of cloth;] i. q. هُدْبٌ; (S, Msb;) or the هُدْب of the [kind of garment called] قَطِيفَة [q. v.] and the like, (K, TA,) of woven cloths whereof portions [of the substance] are redundant; (TA;) or [rather] what resembles هُدْب on the surface of a كِسَآء [or the like]; (Mgh;) the خَمْل of a [carpet such as is called] طُنْفُسَة [or طِنْفِسَة &c.] and of a garment; as also ↓ خَمِيلَةٌ , of which the pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] is ↓ خَمِيلٌ . (JK.) ― -b2- Also A طِنْفِسَة [itself]: (S, K:) or so ↓ خَمِيلَةٌ : and خَمْلٌ signifies as first explained above, and also a قَطِيفَة [itself]: (Msb:) or ↓ خَمِيلَةٌ has this last meaning; as also ↓ خَمْلَةٌ and ↓ خِمْلَةٌ ; (K, * TA; [in the CK, كَالخَمِيلَهِ والخَمْلَةُ is erroneously put for كالخَمْلَةِ والخِمْلَةِ;]) or signifies a قطيفة having خَمْل [or nap]: (TA:) and its pl. [or coll. gen. n.] is as above. (Msb, TA.) ― -b3- And The feathers,, or plumage, of the ostrich; (JK, T, M, K;) as also ↓ خَمَالَةٌ and ↓ خَمِيلَةٌ ; (T, M, K;) of which last the pl. [or coll. gen. n.] is as above. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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