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قَصِيبَةٌ ذ : see قُصَّابَةٌ. ― -b2- Also, and ↓ قُصَّابَةٌ , (S, M, O, K,) and ↓ قَصَبَةٌ , (Lth, M, K,) and ↓ تَقْصِيبَةٌ , (M, O, K,) and ↓ تَقْصِبَةٌ , (M, K,) (tropical:) A lock of hair having a [spiral] twisted form [so as to be like a hollow cane]: (Lth, M, K:) or a pendent lock of hair that is twisted so as to curl [in a spiral form]; not plaited: (S, O:) or قَصِيبَةٌ signifies a lock of hair that curls naturally so as to be like a hollow cane; (A;) and its pl. is قَصَائِبٌ: (S, A:) [and,] accord. to Lth, such is termed ↓ قَصَبَةٌ (TA) [and app. ↓ قُصَّابَةٌ also]: and ↓ تَقْصِيبَةٌ , (Lth, A, TA,) of which the pl. is تَقَاصِيبُ, (Lth, A, O, TA,) signifies such as is twisted and made to curl by a woman; (Lth, * A, TA;) [and so, app., ↓ تَقْصِبَةٌ ;] i. e., such as, being [naturally] lank, is curled by means of canes and thread. (A.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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