دُهْنٌ
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Oil, (MA, Msb, KL,) &c., (Msb,) [i. e. grease of any kind,] or دُهْن [i. e. oil] of sesame &c., (Mgh,) with which one anoints, (Mgh, Msb,) [or greases,] or moistens, (K,) the head or mustache, (Mgh,) or the hair &c., (Msb,) or the head &c.: (K:) it is well known: (S:) and
دُهْنَةٌ signifies a portion thereof: (K:) [or this latter, being the n. un., signifies a particular oil or kind of oil; like as the former does when it is prefixed to another noun:] you say دُهْنُ البَانِ (S and Mgh and Msb in article بون) and دُهْنَةُ بَانٍ (TA in the present article from a poet) [both meaning oil of ben]: the plural (of دُهْنٌ, S, Msb, and Bd in lv. 37) is دِهَانٌ (S, Msb, K, and Bd ubi suprà) and أَدْهَانٌ; (K;) [the latter a plural of pauc.; both pls. signifying kinds of oil &c.;] or
الدِّهَانُ signifies that with which one anoints; (Bd ubi suprà) or it has this signification also: (TA:) you say, دَهَنْتُهُ بِالدِّهَانِ [meaning I anointed him with oils or with ointment]: (S, in which this is mentioned as an example of the plural of دُهْنٌ:) and hence the prov. كَالدِّهَانِ عَلَى الوَبَرِ
Like [ointment or] that with which one anoints [upon fur, or soft hair]. (TA.) [See also دِهَانٌ below.]
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And A vertigo (دُوَار) that affects the camel. (JK.)