شَىْءٌ مَغْشُوشٌ

[A thing made to seem what it is not; falsified; counterfeited; adulterated]; (S, K;) a thing that is not pure; not genuine; or not unadulterated. (K.) You say, طَعَامُ فُلَانٍ مَغْشُوشٌ أَعْلَاهُ يَابِسٌ وَأَسْفَلُهُ مَرْشُوشٌ [The wheat of such a one is made to seem what it is not: it upper part is dry, and its lower part is sprinkled]. (A.) And لَبَنٌ مَغْشُوشٌ Milk mixed with water. (Mgh, Msb.) And فِضَّةٌ مَغْشُوشَةٌ Silver mixed with copper or brass. (TA.)

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