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عَانِيَّةٌ ذ Wine (خَمْر [in the CK erroneously حُمُر]) of 'Anch (عَانَة), a town on the Euphrates. (S, K.) Zuheyr speaks of the wine of 'Aneh (S, TA) in a verse in which be likens to it the saliva of a woman. (TA.) And [عَانِيَّة is used as a subst.:] one says, فُلَانٌ لَا يُحِبُّ إِِلَّا العَانِيَّةَ وَلَا يَصْحَبُ إِِلَّا الحَانِيَّةَ i. e. [Such a one does not love aught save] the wine of 'Auch, and [does not associate save with] the vintners. (A, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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