رُحْبَى
Root: رحب
Full Definition
رُحْبَى
The broadest rib in the breast: and the رُحْبَيَانِ, are the two ribs next to the armpits, among the upper ribs: or the place to which each elbow returns [when, after it has been removed from its usual place, it is brought back thereto; which place in a beast is next the arm pit]: it is there only that the camel's elbow wounds the callous protuberance upon his breast: or the رحبى is the place where the heart beats, in a beast and in a man: or, as some say, the part from the place where the neck is set on to the place where end the cartilages of the ribs, or the extremities of the ribs projecting over the belly: or the part between the two ribs of the base of the neck and the place to which the shoulder-blade returns [when, after it has moved from its usual position, it is brought back thereto, i. e. its lower part, next the armpit]: and the رُحْبَيَانِ, also called the
رُحْبَايَاوَانِ [perhaps a mistranscription for رُحْبَاوَانِ as though the sing. were رُحْبَآءٌ,] of the horse, are the upper parts of the
كَشْحَانِ [or two flanks.]
2 Also A certain brand, or mark made with a hot iron, upon the side of a camel.
2 Also A certain brand, or mark made with a hot iron, upon the side of a camel.
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