أُرْفَةٌ

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أُرْفَةٌ A limit, or boundary, making a separation between two pieces of land; a sign, or mark, of the limits, or boundaries, between two pieces of land: and a separation between houses and estates: and a dam between two pieces of land sown or for sowing: Yaakoob asserts that its ف is a substitute for the ث of أُرْثَةٌ [which is, however, less com- mon]: the pl. is أُرَفٌ, signifying, accord. to Lh, like أُرَثٌ, limits, or boundaries, between two pieces of land [&c.]; and it is said in a trad., that these cut off الشُّفْعَة [i. e. the right of preemption]; meaning, in the language of the people of El- Hijáz, signs, or marks, and limits, or boundaries. Th relates that an Arab woman said, جَعَلَ عَلَيَّ زَوْجِى أُرْفَةً لَا أَجُوزُهَا, i. e. My husband set me a sign, or mark, [or limit,] beyond which I should not pass. And أُرْفَةُ أَجَلٍ signifies An extreme limit of a period of existence.
2 Also A knot.

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