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الصَّامِغَانِ ذ , (IDrd, S, O, K,) like السَّامِغَانِ, [q. v.,] (IDrd, O,) but the former is said by Mtr to be better known, (Har p. 618,) and ↓ الصِّمَاغَانِ , (AO, O, K,) and ↓ الصِّمْغَانِ , (Lth, O, K,) The two sides of the mouth, (S, O, K,) where the lips meet [and conjoin], next the شِدْقَانِ: (O, K:) or the two places where the spittle collects in the two sides of the lip; (IAar, O, K;) called by the vulgar الصَّوَارَيْن, (O in this art.,) or الصَّوَّارَيْن, for الصِّوَارَانِ: (O and TA in art. صور:) or, as some say, [strangely,] the hinder part of the mouth. (TA.) It is said in a trad. that the ↓ صِمَاغَانِ are the two places where sit the two angels [that note and record the actions of a man]: a saying enjoining the use of the سِوَاك. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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