مَحَارَةٌ
Root: حور
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مَحَارَةٌ
: see حَوْرٌ, in two places.
def.2 Also A place that returns [like a circle]: or in which a return is made [to the point of commencement].
2 A mother-of-pearl shell; an oyster-shell: or the like thereof, of bone: pl. مَحَاوِرُ and [coll. gen. n.] مَحَارٌ .
3 And hence, A thing in which water is collected; as also حَائِرٌ .
4 [Hence also,] An oyster [itself]; expl. by دَابَّةٌ فِى الصَّدَفَيْنِ. (L in art. محر.)
5 The cavity of the ear; i. e. the external, deep, and wide, cavity, around the ear-hole; or the صَدَفَة [or concha] of the ear.
6 The part of the shoulder-blade called its مَرْجِع [q. v.]: or the small round hollow that is in that part of the shoulder-blade in which the head of the humerus turns.
7 The small round cavity of the hip: and the dual signifies the two round heads [?] of the hips, in which the heads of the thighs turn.
8 The palate; syn. حَنَكٌ: and without ة, i. e. مَحَارٌ , the same, of a man: and, this latter, the place, in a beast, where the farrier performs the operation termed تَحْنِيكٌ: or the former signifies the upper part of the mouth of a horse, internally: or the inner part of the palate: or, [which seems to be the same,] the portion of the upper part of the mouth which is behind the فِرَاشَة [or فِرَاش]: and the passage of the breath to the innermost parts of the nose: or مَحَارَةُ الحَنَكِ signifies the part [of the palate] which is a little above the place where the farrier performs the operation termed تحنيك.
9 The part between the frog and the extremity of the fore part of a solid hoof. What is beneath the إِطَار [q. v., app. here meaning the اطار of the hoof of a horse or the like]. And The مَنْسِم [i. e. toe, or nail, &c.,] of a camel.
def.3 A thing resembling [the kind of vehicle called] a هَوْدَج; pronounced by the vulgar [مَحَارَّة,] with teshdeed: pl. مَحَارْاتٌ [and مَحَائِرُ, which is often applied in the present day to the dorsers, or panniers, or oblong chests, which are borne, one on either side, by a camel, and, with a small tent over them, compose a هودج]: the [ornamented هودج called the] مَحْمِل [vulgarly pronounced مَحْمَل] of the pilgrims [which is borne by a camel, but without a rider, and is regarded as the royal banner of the caravan; such as is described and figured in my work on the Modern Egyptians].
def.4 I. q. خَطٌّ [A line, &c.].
2 And i. q. نَاحِيَةٌ [A side, region, quarter, tract, &c.].
def.2 Also A place that returns [like a circle]: or in which a return is made [to the point of commencement].
2 A mother-of-pearl shell; an oyster-shell: or the like thereof, of bone: pl. مَحَاوِرُ and [coll. gen. n.] مَحَارٌ .
3 And hence, A thing in which water is collected; as also حَائِرٌ .
4 [Hence also,] An oyster [itself]; expl. by دَابَّةٌ فِى الصَّدَفَيْنِ. (L in art. محر.)
5 The cavity of the ear; i. e. the external, deep, and wide, cavity, around the ear-hole; or the صَدَفَة [or concha] of the ear.
6 The part of the shoulder-blade called its مَرْجِع [q. v.]: or the small round hollow that is in that part of the shoulder-blade in which the head of the humerus turns.
7 The small round cavity of the hip: and the dual signifies the two round heads [?] of the hips, in which the heads of the thighs turn.
8 The palate; syn. حَنَكٌ: and without ة, i. e. مَحَارٌ , the same, of a man: and, this latter, the place, in a beast, where the farrier performs the operation termed تَحْنِيكٌ: or the former signifies the upper part of the mouth of a horse, internally: or the inner part of the palate: or, [which seems to be the same,] the portion of the upper part of the mouth which is behind the فِرَاشَة [or فِرَاش]: and the passage of the breath to the innermost parts of the nose: or مَحَارَةُ الحَنَكِ signifies the part [of the palate] which is a little above the place where the farrier performs the operation termed تحنيك.
9 The part between the frog and the extremity of the fore part of a solid hoof. What is beneath the إِطَار [q. v., app. here meaning the اطار of the hoof of a horse or the like]. And The مَنْسِم [i. e. toe, or nail, &c.,] of a camel.
def.3 A thing resembling [the kind of vehicle called] a هَوْدَج; pronounced by the vulgar [مَحَارَّة,] with teshdeed: pl. مَحَارْاتٌ [and مَحَائِرُ, which is often applied in the present day to the dorsers, or panniers, or oblong chests, which are borne, one on either side, by a camel, and, with a small tent over them, compose a هودج]: the [ornamented هودج called the] مَحْمِل [vulgarly pronounced مَحْمَل] of the pilgrims [which is borne by a camel, but without a rider, and is regarded as the royal banner of the caravan; such as is described and figured in my work on the Modern Egyptians].
def.4 I. q. خَطٌّ [A line, &c.].
2 And i. q. نَاحِيَةٌ [A side, region, quarter, tract, &c.].
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