دَوْدَاةٌ

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دَوْدَاةٌ A seesaw; syn. أُرْجُوحَةٌ: (K in this art., and T and S in art. دو:) and the mark made by children upon the dust, or earth, like a path, or track, when they play [upon the seesaw], doing thus with their feet, moving forwards and backwards: (S in art. دو:) or the mark of the ارجوحة: or the sound of the ارجوحة: and cries, shouts, noises, or clamour; or a confusion, or mixture, of cries, shouts, &c.: دَوْدَاةٌ is [said by ISd to belong to art. دو, and to be] originally دَوْدَوَةٌ: (M in art. دو:) the pl. is دَوَادٍ, explained by As as signifying the marks of the أَرَاجِيح [or seesaws] of children; and دَوَادِىَ occurs in a verse, in the gen. case, (S and M in art. دو,) by poetic license.

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