رَائِدٌ

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رَائِدٌ [act. part. n. of 1, Coming and going; moving to and fro; &c.]. [Hence,] اِمْرَأَةٌ رَائِدَةٌ: see رَادٌ. And دَوَابُّ رَوَائِدُ [pl. of دَابَّةٌ رَائِدَةٌ] Beasts pasturing at pleasure: or going to and for [in the place of pasture]: or pasturing together while the rest are debarred from the pasture, or tied. And رِيحٌ رَائِدَةٌ: see رَادٌ, last two sentences. And رَائِدُ الوِسَادِ [lit. Whose pillow moves to and fro; meaning] a man restless by reason of disease or anxiety; or uneasy on his pillow by reason of anxiety that disquiets him: [or sleepless: see 1.] And رَائِدُ العَيْنِ The عُوَّار of the eye, [i. e. the mote, or the like, that has fallen into it, or the foul, thick, white matter that collects in its inner corner, and] that moves to and fro (يَرُودُ) therein.
2 The handle of the hand-mill, which the grinder grasps when he turns round the mill-stone therewith.
3 See also مِرْوَدٌ.
4 One who is sent before a people or party to seek for herbage and water and the places where rain has fallen; or one who looks for, and seeks, herbage, and a place in which to alight, and chooses the best thereof; and رَادٌ signifies the same; the latter occurring in the poetry of Hudheyl; [originally رَوَدٌ,] of the measure فَعَلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ, like فَرَطٌ in the sense of فَارِطٌ, or of the measure فَاعِلٌ deprived of its medial radical letter, or of the measure فَعِلٌ, [originally رَوِدٌ,] but if so, it is a kind of rel. n., not an act. part. n.: the pl. of the former is رُوَّادٌ and رَادَةٌ. One says, الرَّائِدُ لَا يَكْذِبُ أَهْلَهُ, or لَا يَكْذِبُ الرَّائِدُ أَهْلَهُ, [The seeker of herbage, &c., will not lie to his family,] for if he lie to them he perishes with them: a prov. applied to him who will not lie when he relates a thing. And hence the saying, الحُمَّى رَائِدُ المَوْتِ Fever is the messenger that precedes death; like the messenger that goes before a people, or party, to seek for herbage and water. Hence, likewise, رَائِدٌ is also applied to One who goes before with some abominable deed or design. And to A seeker of science or knowledge. [Hence also,] أَنَا رَائِدُ حَاجَةٍ and [I am the seeker of an object of want]: and أُنَاسٌ رُوَّادُ الحَاجَاتِ [Men who are the seekers of the objects of want].
5 Also One who has no place in which to alight or abide. (T in art. ريد and TA.)

def.2 [See also art. رأد.]

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