مِطْوًى ذ [A winder for thread;] a thing upon which spun thread is wound. (TA.) ― -b2- And, as a word used by the vulgar, [but by them generally pronounced مَطْوَى, with fet-h, and without tenween,] A small [clasp-] knife. (TA.)
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