Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

قَامَةٌ

Root: قوم

Full Definition

قَامَةٌ The stature of a man; his height in a standing posture; it is a span (شِبْر) shorter than a باع: tallness, height; and beauty, or justness, of stature.
2 قَامَةٌ A structure [or post] like the figure of a man, raised at the side of a well, whereon is placed the wood to which the pulley is attached: pl. قَامٌ: also called : see K, voce عَمُود: or قَامَةُ البَكْرَةٌ signifies the sheave (بَكْرَة) with its apparatus.


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