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رَبَذَةٌ

Root: ربذ

Full Definition

رَبَذَةٌ : see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.
2 Also The عَذَبَة [app. as meaning the عِلَاقَة, or suspensory thong in the handle,] of a whip: [n. un. of رَبَذٌ : for you say] سَوْطٌ ذُو رَبَذٍ meaning A whip having thongs in the fore part of its جَلْز [or handle].

def.2 Also Difficulty, or distress. So in the saying, كُنَّا فِى رَبَذَةٍ فَٱنْجَلَتْ عَنَّا [We were in difficulty, or distress, and it became removed, or cleared away, from us].
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