مِرْوَدٌ
Root: رود
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مِرْوَدٌ
A certain well-known instrument, [resembling a bodkin, or small probe, tapering towards the end, but blunt, generally of wood or bone or ivory or silver,] with which the [black powder called] كُحْل
is applied to the eyes; syn. مِيلٌ, and مِكْحَالٌ: so called [because it is passed to and fro along the edges of the eyelids,] from رَادَ signifying “he, or it, came and went:” pl. مَرَاوِدُ.
2 The pivot of the sheave of a pulley, if of iron.
3 A wooden pin, peg, or stake; syn. وَتِدٌ.
4 An iron [swivel] that turns round in the لِجَام [i. e. bit, or bit and bridle]: or an iron [swivel] which is attached to the رَسَن of the colt [or horse] and of the hawk, [i. e., to the halter, or leading-cord, of the colt or horse, and the leash of the hawk,] and which, when he turns round, turns round with him: or the مِرْوَدَانِ, also called the , are the two rings in [either of] which is the extremity of the عِذَار [or side-piece of the headstall of the horse]. You say, دَارَ المُهْرُ وَ البَازِى فِى المِرْوَدِ [The colt, and the hawk, went round, attached to the مرود].
5 A joint; syn. مَفْصِلٌ.
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2 The pivot of the sheave of a pulley, if of iron.
3 A wooden pin, peg, or stake; syn. وَتِدٌ.
4 An iron [swivel] that turns round in the لِجَام [i. e. bit, or bit and bridle]: or an iron [swivel] which is attached to the رَسَن of the colt [or horse] and of the hawk, [i. e., to the halter, or leading-cord, of the colt or horse, and the leash of the hawk,] and which, when he turns round, turns round with him: or the مِرْوَدَانِ, also called the , are the two rings in [either of] which is the extremity of the عِذَار [or side-piece of the headstall of the horse]. You say, دَارَ المُهْرُ وَ البَازِى فِى المِرْوَدِ [The colt, and the hawk, went round, attached to the مرود].
5 A joint; syn. مَفْصِلٌ.
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