زَرِدَ
Root: زرد
Form: 1
Full Definition
def.2 زَرَدَهُ, Present.T ـُ and ـِ (TA, and so in a copy of the S, as well as ـُ) or زَرَدَ حَلْقَهُ, (A, TA, [in my copy of the A written زَرَّدَ,]) Verbal.Noun زَرْدٌ, He strangled him, or throttled him, or squeezed his throat; syn. خَنَقَهُ, or عَصَرَ حَلْقَهُ. And زَرَدَهُ He took him, or seized him, by his throat.
2 زَرَدَ الدِّرْعَ, Verbal.Noun زَرْدٌ, He fabricated the coat of mail, by inserting the rings one into another; i. q. سَرَدَهَا: الزَّرْدُ is like السَّرْدُ, meaning the inserting (تَدَاخُل [an intrans. Verbal.Noun here used as though it were trans., as is shown in the S in art. سرد,]) of the rings of a coat of mail, one into another: [or, as Z says,] زَرْدُ الدِّرْعِ means سَرْدُهَا, because the coat of mail consists of narrow, or close, rings: the ز is said to be a substitute for س.
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