قَبٌّ

Root: قب

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قَبٌّ The perforation in which runs [or rather through which passes] the pivot of the مَحَالَة [or great pulley]: or the hole which is in the middle of the بَكْرَة [or sheave] and around which the latter revolves: or the [sheave or] perforated piece of wood which revolves around the pivot: and its pl., in these senses, is أَقُبٌّ, only: or the piece of wood above the teeth of the مَحَالَة: or [this is app. a mistake, or mistranscription, and the right explanation is] the piece of wood [i. e. the sheave] in the middle of the بَكْرَة, above which are teeth of wood, the teeth of the محالة [between which teeth runs the well-rope]; thus says As. [See an ex. in a verse of Zuheyr cited voce ثِنَايَةٌ.]
2 And The head [or truck] of the دَقَل [or mast] of a ship. (Az, TA in art. رنح.)
3 And [app. as being likened to the pivot-hole of the sheave of a pulley,] A head, chief, or ruler, of a people, or party: or the greatest head or chief or ruler; or such is called القَبُّ الأَكْبَرُ; and this appellation means the شَيْخ [or elder, &c.,] upon [the control of] whom the affairs of the people, or party, turn. And, some say, A king: and, some say, a خَلِيفَة [q. v.]. [See also قِبٌّ.]
4 And [hence, perhaps,] A فَحْل [i. e. stallion, or male,] of camels and of mankind.
5 Also The back-part of a coat of mail: so called because that part is its main support; from the قَبّ of a pulley.
6 And The piece, or pieces, inserted [i. e. sewed inside, next to the edge,] in the جَيْب [or opening at the neck and bosom] of a shirt. [And in the present day it is likewise used to signify The collar of a shirt or similar garment; as also قَبَّةٌ .]

def.2 Also The part between the two hips: or, between the two buttocks: or قَبُّ الدُّبُرِ means what is between the two buttocks. See also قِبٌّ.

def.3 And The hardest, or most severe, and largest, of لُجُم [i. e. bits, or bridles; pl. of لِجَامٌ, q. v.].

def.4 And A certain measure for corn, or grain, or other kinds of the produce of land.

def.5 وَتَرٌ قَبٌّ means [app. A bow-string] of which the several طَاقَات [or component fascicles of fibres or the like] are even.

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