دَبِيرٌ
Root: دبر
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دَبِيرٌ
A twist which a woman turns backward (مَا بِهِ), in twisting it: or what one turns backward from his chest [in rolling it against the front of his body]: and قَبِيلٌ signifies “ what one turns forward (مَا أَقْبَلَ بِهِ) towards his chest: ” or the former, what the twister turns backward towards his knee [in rolling it against his thigh; against which, or against the front of the body, the spindle is commonly rolled, except when it is twirled only with the hand while hanging loosely]: and the latter, “ what he turns forward towards his flank or waist: ” [whence the saying,] قَبَلْتُ الحَبْلُ مَرَّةً وَ أُخْرَى [I turned the rope, or cord, forward, or toward me, in twisting it, one time, and turned it backward, or from me, another time]: (TA in art. قبل:) or دَبِيرٌ signifies the twisting of flax and wool: and قَبِيلٌ, the “ twisting of cotton. ” One says, عَرَفَ
قَبِيلَهُ مِنْ دَبِيرِهِ, meaning
2 Also The upper [because it is the hinder] part of the ear of a camel: the lower part is called the قَبِيل. (TA in art. قبل.)
2 Also The upper [because it is the hinder] part of the ear of a camel: the lower part is called the قَبِيل. (TA in art. قبل.)
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