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عَطَنَةٌ ذ a subst. from أَعْطَنَ الإِِبِلَ [q. v., as such signifying The watering of camels and then making them to lie down at the water: or the confining of camels at the water, where they lie down, after having come to it and drunk]. (K.) -A2- Also The place of [the operation termed] العَطْن [inf. n. of عَطَنَ in the phrase عَطَنَ الجِلْدَ, q. v.]. (AZ, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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