Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رَأْدٌ

Root: رأد

Full Definition

رَأْدٌ : see رُؤْدٌ.
2 [Hence,] رَأْدُ الضُّحَى and The stage of the ضُحَى [or period after sunrise] that is termed the شَبَاب of the day; i. e., when the sun has risen high, one fifth of the day having passed: or the brightness thereof: or the period after the spreading of the sunshine and the time when the sun has become high.

def.2 Also الرَّأْدُ and , or رَأْدُ اللَّحْىِ, and and likewise, or الرُؤْدَةُ only of all these, (accord. to other copies of the K, in some of which it is written without ء,) The root of the jaw-bone (أَصْلُ اللَّحْىِ), that projects beneath the ear: or the part of the jaw-bone whence the molar teeth (الأَضْرَاس) grow: or the رَأْدَانِ are the two thin extremities of the لَحْيَانِ [meaning the two sides of the lower jaw-bone], which are in their upper part, sharp, and curved, and suspended in two holes beneath the two ears: pl. أَرْآدٌ.

def.3 Also رَأْدٌ A vacant tract (خَلَآء) of land.


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