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جَرَادٌ مُشعِلٌ ذ (tropical:) Locusts that are numerous, (K, TA,) spreading, (S, O,) in a state of dispersion, (K,) running in every direction. (S, O.) One says, (S, O, TA,) of an army, (TA,) جَاؤُوا كَالجَرَادِ المُشْعِلِ (S, O, TA) (tropical:) They came [like locusts numerous and spreading, &c.,] coming forth from every direction: thus the last word is written accord. to Az [and J] and Sgh; and thus, and also ↓ المُشْعَلِ , accord. to Z. (TA.) And كَتِيبَةٌ مُشْعِلَةٌ (assumed tropical:) [A military force] spreading, or in a state of dispersion. (S, O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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