رُؤْبَةٌ

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رُؤْبَةٌ A piece, or piece of wood, with which a large wooden bowl, or with which a vessel, is repaired, or mended: or a thing, or piece of wood, with which a breach, or broken place, in a vessel, or in a bowl, is stopped up: a piece that is inserted in a vessel, to repair, or mend, it: and a piece of stone with which a بُرْمَة [or cooking-pot of stone or other material] is repaired, or mended: and a patch, or piece, with which a camel's saddle (رَحْل) is patched, or pieced, when it is broken: some of its meanings are mentioned also in art. روب: pl. رُؤَبٌ and رِئَابٌ.
2 [Hence,] one says, هُوَ رُؤْبَةُ صَدْعِ الصَّفَآءِ [He is the means of repairing the breach of sincere affection]. And هُوَ رِئَابُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ [app. a mistranscription for هُمْ: i. e. They are the means of rectifying, or amending, the affair, or case, of the sons of such a one]. [See also رَأْبٌ and مِرْأَبٌ.]

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