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شُخْبٌ ذ Milk coming forth, (A,) or milk that has come forth, (K,) from the udder, (A, K,) when drawn therefrom; (TA;) and so ↓ شَخْبٌ ; (A, K;) which is also an inf. n.; (TA;) or this latter is an inf. n., (S, O,) and the former [is a subst. properly so called, and] signifies an extended stream of milk, (S, A, O,) like a thread, or string, (A,) when it is drawn from the udder; (S, A, O;) of the measure فُعْلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ: (A:) or the milk that comes forth from beneath the hand of the milker at each squeeze of the udder of the ewe or she-goat. (TA.) It is said in a prov., شُخْبٌ فِى الإِِنَآءِ وَشُخْبٌ فِى الأَرْضِ, (S, Meyd, A, O,) i. e. One extended stream of milk from the udder into the vessel, and one &c. upon the ground: (Meyd:) applied to him who hits the mark one time and misses another time (S, Meyd, A, O) in what he says; or says right one time and wrong another time. (Meyd.) And in another prov., شُخْبٌ طَمَحَ An extended stream of milk from the udder that has fallen upon the ground so as to be unprofitable; for such is the meaning of طَمَحَ in this case: applied to a man who has made a slip, or mistake: or it means a good hap that has escaped one's opportunity to avail himself of it. (Meyd.) See also the next paragraph.

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