Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

ضُفٌّ

Root: ضف

Full Definition

ضُفٌّ A little thing resembling the tick, of the colour of ashes and dust, the sting, or bite, of which causes the skin to break forth with the eruption termed شَرًى [q. v.]: pl. ضِفَفَةٌ, like قِرَدَةٌ.


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