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كَرِيبٌ

Root: كرب

Full Definition

كَرِيبٌ i. q. قَرَاحٌ [Land which has neither water nor trees: or land that is cleared for sowing and planting: pl., app., كِرَابٌ: see an ex. near the end of the first paragraph of art. ختم:] and جَادِسٌ [land that is not cultivated nor ploughed], that has never been sowed. See also جَرِيبٌ.

def.2 A wooden implement of a baker, or maker of bread, with which he forms the cakes of bread (يُرَغِّفُ). [In the TA is added “ in the oven ”: but I doubt the propriety of this addition.]

def.3 A knot, or joint, (كَعْبٌ), of a reed or cane.

def.4 Accord. to IAar, i. q. شُوبَقٌ, which is the same as فَيْلَكُونٌ. [شوبق is an arabicised word, from the Persian شُوبَجْ, or چُوبَهْ, both of which signify a rolling-pin, and this meaning is given to شوبق and شوبك in the present day. It should be remarked, however, that كَرْنِيب (with ن), which is probably a corruption of كَرِيبٌ, is a name often given in Egypt, in the present day, to a baker's peel.] In the L, كريب is explained, as on the authority of Kr, by سَوِيقٌ; but this is probably a mistake for شوبق. See مَكْرُوبٌ.
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