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مِشْقَأَةٌ ذ : see مِشْقَأٌ. ― -b2- Also i. q. مِدْرَاةٌ; (K;) [i. e. A thing, or an iron instrument, with which the head is scratched; or a thing like a large needle, with which the female hair-dresser adjusts, or puts in order, the locks of a woman's hair;] or a piece of wood, or stick, [like a skewer,] which a woman inserts in her hair; or a horn prepared for that purpose (TA) [or for adjusting the locks of a woman's hair: see مِدْرَاةٌ].
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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