مِذْوَدٌ

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مِذْوَدٌ [An instrument for driving, driving away, or repelling.
2 ] A spear, or short spear, with which one repels from, or defends, himself.
3 The horn of a bull, with which he repels from, or defends, himself.
4 The tongue: because with it a man defends his honour. Hassán Ibn-Thábit says, لِسَانِى وَسَيْفِى صَارِمَانِ كِلَاهُمَا وَيَبْلُغُ مَا لَا يَبْلُغُ السَّيْفُ مِذْوَدِى [My tongue and my sword are sharp, both of them; and my tongue reacheth what my sword will not reach].
5 [A man who defends well, or vigorously; as also مِذْوَادٌ :] you say رِجَالٌ مَذَاوِدٌ and مَذَاوِيدُ.
6 The manger (مِعْلَف, T, K, TA, in some copies of the K معتلف, TA) of a horse or similar beast.

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