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مِظَرَّةٌ ذ A stone with which one strikes fire. (TS, K.) ― -b2- And also, (TS, TA,) or, accord. to the K, with fet-h, [i. e. ↓ مَظَرَّةٌ ,] but this requires consideration, (TA,) Fragments [or a fragment, agreeably with an explanation in the Mgh, in my copy of which مَظِرَّةٌ is erroneously put for مِظَرَّةٌ,] of sharp-edged stone: (TS, K, TA:) pl. مَظَارٌّ: (TS, TA:) or مِظَرَّةٌ signifies a piece split off from ظِرَّان [pl. of ظُرَرٌ or ظِرٌّ], (Sh, TA,) or [simply] a stone, (M, TA,) with which one cuts: (Sh, M, TA:) as also ↓ ظِرَارٌ , (M,) or ↓ ظِرَارَةٌ . (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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