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أَلْقَى فُلَانٌ عَطَوِيًّا ذ Such a one voided thin ordure [as an 'Atawee, meaning] much in quantity: originating from the fact that a man of the Benoo- 'Ateeyeh voided thin excrement on his being flogged. (Z, TA.) ― -b2- العَطَوِيَّةُ is the appellation of A sect of the خَوَارِج, so called in relation to. 'Ateeyeh Ibn-El-Aswad El-Yemámee El-Hanafee. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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