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مَعَدٌّ

Root: معد

Full Definition

مَعَدٌّ The side of a man, &c.: or, in a horse, the part of each side between the lower portion of the shoulder-blade and the extremity of the ribs, consisting of thick and compact flesh behind the shoulder-blade; the protuberance whereof is approved, because, when that part is narrow, it compresses the heart: or, in a horse, the part between the head of each shoulder-blade and the hinder extremity of the portion of flesh and sinew next the back-bone: and the flesh that is beneath the shoulderblade, or a little below it; which is the best of the flesh of the side: and the place of the horseman's heel: or the part of a beast of carriage which is the place of the rider's leg: and the belly: also, a vein in the part of a horse called مَنْسِج. See also art. عد.
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