Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

غَرْفَةٌ

Root: غرف

Full Definition

غَرْفَةٌ A single act of taking [or lading out] water with the hand [as with a ladle: and in like manner also with a ladle: see 1, first sentence].

def.2 And A single act of cutting, or cutting off, a thing: or of clipping the forelock of a horse.


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