دَرْءٌ

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دَرْءٌ and Verbal.Noun of 1 in senses pointed out above. So of that verb said of a torrent. [Hence,] جَآئَ السَّيْلُ دَرْءًا and The torrent rushed, or poured forth with vehemence, [or came rushing, &c.,] from a place, or from a distant place, unknown: or the latter signifies the torrent came from a distant land or tract. And الوَادِى جَآءَ The valley flowed with the rain of another valley: if with its own rain, you say, سَالَ ظَهْرًا: (IAar, M; and the like is said in the TA in the present art. and in art. ظهر:) or سال دُرْءًا means it flowed with other than its own rain; and ظَهْرًا, “ with its own rain. ” (TA in art. ظهر.) Hence has been metaphorically used by a rájiz to signify The flowing of water from the mouths of camels into their insides.

def.2 A bending; a crookedness, or curvity; in a cane, or spearshaft, and the like; or in a staff, and anything that is hard to straighten: pl. دُرُوْءٌ. One says, أَقَمْتُ دَرْءٌ فُلَانٍ I rectified the crookedness and opposition, or resistance, of such a one. And hence, بِئْرٌ ذَاتُ دَرْءٍ A well having a part [of its shaft] projecting, or protuberant. And طَرِيقٌ ذُو دُرُوْءٍ A road having furrows, or abrupt, water-worn, ridges, and protuberances, and the like.
2 The extremity, or edge, of a thing; because it repels therewith.
3 A portion of a mountain that projects, or juts out, from the rest, unexpectedly: pl. as above.
4 See also 1, last sentence.
5 Also Disobedience, and resistance, and hatred, or dislike, and crookedness, and disagreement, on the part of a wife.

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