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ضَفَّةٌ

Root: ضف

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ضَفَّةٌ A single act of pushing, pressing, crowding, or thronging, together upon water. (S, O, K. [See ضَفَفٌ])
2 دَخَلْتُ فِى ضَفَّةِ القَوْمِ and are phrases mentioned by As and Lth as meaning I entered among the company, or collective body, of the people, or party.
3 And ضَفَّةٌ signifies also The first دُفْعَة [i. e. rush, or quantity that pours forth at once or that is poured forth at once], or دَفْعَة [i. e. single act of pouring], of water.

def.2 See also the next paragraph, in five places.
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