فَأْسٌ
Root: فأس
Full Definition
فَأْسٌ
A certain implement of iron, with which one digs; [i. e., a kind of hoe; thus called in the present day; generally having a blade more long than wide, and a short handle; altogether resembling an adz:] and with which one cuts; [i. e., an adz; and an axe; both also thus called in the present day; more commonly the former; used for cutting, cleaving, and splitting, trees and wood, (see فَأَسَ,) and for hewing, forming, or fashioning, wood &c.: (see also قَدُومٌ:)] a thing well known: [applied also to a pickaxe: (see صَاقُورٌ:)] the ء in this word may be suppressed: it is of the fem. gender: the pl. is أَفْؤُسٌ and فُؤُوسٌ, and, accord. to some, فُؤْسٌ.
2 فَأْسُ اللِّجَامِ [A certain part of the bit; namely,] the [tongue of] iron that stands up towards [so I render here the particle فِى] the حَنَك [here meaning the palate, against which it is made to press when the rein is drawn hard for the purpose of checking the horse]; the iron that stands up in the شَكِيمَة; or, as some say, that which is in the middle of the شكيمة, between the مِسْحَلَانِ: the شكيمة is the iron that lies across in the mouth, [i. e., the bit-mouth, or mouth-piece of the bit,] and the مِسْحَل is an iron [i. e. a ring of iron, one of a pair of rings which are inserted each into the other, in the place of our curbchain,] beneath the حَنَك [here meaning the part between the two sides of the lower jaw]: or, as some say, [and among them Kr.] the transverse iron in the bit; but this assertion requires consideration. You say, فُلَانٌ يَلُوكُ لِسَانَهُ فِى الكَلَامِ كَمَا يَعْلِكُ الفَرَسُ فَأْسَ اللِّجَامِ [Such a one mumbles his tongue in speaking like as the horse moves about in his mouth the فأس of the bit].
3 فَأْسُ الرَّأْسِ, or فَأْسُ القَفَا, The edge of the قَمَحْدُوَة [or hinder part of the back of the head], that projects above the back of the neck; [i. e., the small protuberance above the back of the neck:] or the hinder part of the قمحدوة.
4 فَأْسُ الرَّحَى The [protuberant] part of the [nether, or lower,] mill-stone, in the middle of which is [fixed] the axis.
5 And hence, الفَأْسُ The Constellation of Ursa Minor.
6 فَأْسُ الفَمِ The extremity of the mouth, in which are the teeth.
7 اِجْعَلْ هٰذَا الأَمْرَ فَأْسًا وَاحِدًا means Make thou this affair to be [uniform, or] of one way or mode or manner. (ISk, TA in art. بأج.)
2 فَأْسُ اللِّجَامِ [A certain part of the bit; namely,] the [tongue of] iron that stands up towards [so I render here the particle فِى] the حَنَك [here meaning the palate, against which it is made to press when the rein is drawn hard for the purpose of checking the horse]; the iron that stands up in the شَكِيمَة; or, as some say, that which is in the middle of the شكيمة, between the مِسْحَلَانِ: the شكيمة is the iron that lies across in the mouth, [i. e., the bit-mouth, or mouth-piece of the bit,] and the مِسْحَل is an iron [i. e. a ring of iron, one of a pair of rings which are inserted each into the other, in the place of our curbchain,] beneath the حَنَك [here meaning the part between the two sides of the lower jaw]: or, as some say, [and among them Kr.] the transverse iron in the bit; but this assertion requires consideration. You say, فُلَانٌ يَلُوكُ لِسَانَهُ فِى الكَلَامِ كَمَا يَعْلِكُ الفَرَسُ فَأْسَ اللِّجَامِ [Such a one mumbles his tongue in speaking like as the horse moves about in his mouth the فأس of the bit].
3 فَأْسُ الرَّأْسِ, or فَأْسُ القَفَا, The edge of the قَمَحْدُوَة [or hinder part of the back of the head], that projects above the back of the neck; [i. e., the small protuberance above the back of the neck:] or the hinder part of the قمحدوة.
4 فَأْسُ الرَّحَى The [protuberant] part of the [nether, or lower,] mill-stone, in the middle of which is [fixed] the axis.
5 And hence, الفَأْسُ The Constellation of Ursa Minor.
6 فَأْسُ الفَمِ The extremity of the mouth, in which are the teeth.
7 اِجْعَلْ هٰذَا الأَمْرَ فَأْسًا وَاحِدًا means Make thou this affair to be [uniform, or] of one way or mode or manner. (ISk, TA in art. بأج.)
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