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طَرَّادٌ

Root: طرد

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طَرَّادٌ A small and swift kind of ship or boat: called by the vulgar تَطْرِيدَةٌ [perhaps a mistranscription for طَرِيدَةٌ , which is a postclassical term for a vessel used for the transport of horses; and of which طَرَائِدُ is the pl.: see Quatremère's Hist. des Sultans Mamlouks, i. 144].
2 Also One who prolongs a recitation, or reading, [of the Kur-án] to people so that he drives them away: or one who drives away people by the length of his standing and the muchness of his recitation, or reading.
3 And Wide, spacious, or ample; applied to a plain, or place. And An even, wide, roof. And بِلَادٌ طَرَّادَةٌ Wide, or spacious, regions or lands, in which the mirage [in appearance] flows.
4 Also, and طَرِيدٌ , and مُطَرَّدٌ , A long day: a whole, or complete, day, or month. And سِنُونَ طَرَّادَةٌ Whole, or complete, years.
5 See also طِرَادٌ.
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