Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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بيع بيلون بين


بَيْلُونٌ

بَيْلُونٌ [Fullers' earth, which is used for scouring cloths, and is sometimes used in the bath, instead of soap;] the yellow [or rather yellowish, or yellowish gray, and sometimes white, or whitish,] earth known by the name of طَفْل. (TA, from Esh-Shiháb El-'Ajamee.)


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