أُخْذَةٌ
Root: اخذ
Full Definition
أُخْذَةٌ
A manner of taking, or seizing, of a man with whom one is wrestling: pl. أُخَذٌ.
2 A kind of enchantment, or fascination, like سِحْر, which captivates the eye and the like, and by which enchantresses withhold their husbands from other women; called by the vulgar رِبَاطٌ and عَقْدٌ; and practised by the women in the time of ignorance: or a kind of bead (خَزَرَةٌ, S, L, K) with which one captivates, or fascinates, or restrains; with which women captivate, or fascinate, or restrain, men, and withhold them from other women: or i. q. رُقْيَةٌ.
3 A pitfall dug for catching a lion.
4 بَادِرْ بِزَنْدِكَ أُخْذَةَ النَّارِ [Strive thou to be before the time called اخذة النار with thy wooden instrument for producing fire; i. e. haste thou to use it before that time;] means the time a little after the prayer of sunset; asserted to be the worst time in which to strike fire.
2 A kind of enchantment, or fascination, like سِحْر, which captivates the eye and the like, and by which enchantresses withhold their husbands from other women; called by the vulgar رِبَاطٌ and عَقْدٌ; and practised by the women in the time of ignorance: or a kind of bead (خَزَرَةٌ, S, L, K) with which one captivates, or fascinates, or restrains; with which women captivate, or fascinate, or restrain, men, and withhold them from other women: or i. q. رُقْيَةٌ.
3 A pitfall dug for catching a lion.
4 بَادِرْ بِزَنْدِكَ أُخْذَةَ النَّارِ [Strive thou to be before the time called اخذة النار with thy wooden instrument for producing fire; i. e. haste thou to use it before that time;] means the time a little after the prayer of sunset; asserted to be the worst time in which to strike fire.
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