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طَرِيدَةٌ

Root: طرد

Full Definition

طَرِيدَةٌ [a subst. from طَرِيدٌ, rendered so by the the affix ة,] A wild animal, or the like, that is coursed, hunted, snared, entrapped, or caught: pl. طَرَائِدُ. The female that is the object of the chase of a male [wild] ass. (M * and K * and MF, all in art. الب.)
2 And A number of camels driven away together, i. e., camels that are stolen: a number of camels attacked by a troop of horsemen and driven away.

def.2 A cane wherein is a notch (حُزَّة), which is put upon spindles and arrows, and upon a stick, and thus used for planing them: i. q. سَفَنٌ, i. e. a cane which is hollowed, and has some notches cut in it, through which an arrow is put and repeatedly drawn [to smooth it]: or a small piece of wood, in the form of a water-spout, as though it were the half of a cane, of the size required by the bow or arrow [which are to be smoothed therewith].

def.3 An oblong piece of a garment or of silk: or a long strip of rag or of silk. A piece of rag, which is moistened, or wetted, and with which the [kind of oven called] تَنُّور is wiped; as also مِطْرَدَةٌ .
2 And A narrow strip of herbage and of land.
3 And The line, or streak, (خُطَّة,) between the rump-bone and withers.

def.4 See also طَرِيدٌ, last sentence.

def.5 الطَّرِيدَةُ is also the name of A certain game of the boys of the Arabs of the desert, called by the vulgar المَسَّةُ, and some say المَاسَّةُ, and الضَّبْطَةُ: when the hand of the player falls upon the body or head or shoulder of another, it is [said to be] المَسَّةُ; and when it falls upon the leg, or foot, it is الأَسْنُ: but this [app. meaning الأَسْنُ] is not of established authority: it was also played by girls.

def.6 See also what here follows.
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