عَمِدٌ
Root: عمد
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عَمِدٌ
Earth moistened by rain so that when a portion of it is grasped in the hand it becomes compacted by reason of its moisture: or moistened by rain and compacted, layer upon layer.
2 [Hence] one says, هُوَ عَمِدُ الثَّرَىText is missing in original ndant in goodness, beneficence, or bounty.
3 عَمِدٌ is also applied to a camel, meaning Having the inner part of his hump broken [or bruised] by his being [much] ridden, while the outer part remains whole, or sound: or having his hump swollen in consequence of the galling of the saddle and of the cloth beneath it, and broken [or bruised]: fem. with ة: and, with ة, a she-camel broken, or subdued, by the weight of her burden. Lebeed says, describing rain that caused the valleys to flow,
4 Also, applied to a pustule, Swollen in consequence of its having been squeezed before it had become ripe, and retaining its egg [or white globule].
2 [Hence] one says, هُوَ عَمِدُ الثَّرَى
3 عَمِدٌ is also applied to a camel, meaning Having the inner part of his hump broken [or bruised] by his being [much] ridden, while the outer part remains whole, or sound: or having his hump swollen in consequence of the galling of the saddle and of the cloth beneath it, and broken [or bruised]: fem. with ة: and, with ة, a she-camel broken, or subdued, by the weight of her burden. Lebeed says, describing rain that caused the valleys to flow,
[And the torrent continued during the night, what resembled the heavy, or slow-paced, camel such as is termed عَمِد overlying its two sides, from the valley of El-Bakkár]: As says, he means that a collection of clouds resembling the [camel termed] عَمِد overlay the two sides of the torrent; i. e., that clouds encompassed it with rain.فَبَاتَ السَّيْلُ يَرْكَبُ جَانِبَيْهِ مِنَ البَقَّارِ كَالعَمِدِ الثَّقَالِ
4 Also, applied to a pustule, Swollen in consequence of its having been squeezed before it had become ripe, and retaining its egg [or white globule].
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