وَتَرَةٌ

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وَتَرَةٌ , of the nose, The partition between the two nostrils [consisting of the septum and subseptum narium, or the subseptum alone]; as also وَتِيرَةٌ : or the former signifies what is between the two nostrils: or the junction that is between the two nostrils: or the edge of the nostril: accord. to Lh, what is between the tip of the nose and the سَبَلَة [or middle of the mustache; app. meaning, the subseptum narium]: and the latter, the partition between the two nostrils, of the fore part of the nose, exclusive of the cartilage; [i. e., app. the subseptum narium: and the former, in a horse, what is between the tip of the nose and the upper part of the lip: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of the former, in all its senses, وَتَرٌ. In a trad. in which it is said that the fine for destroying the وَتَرَة is a third of the fine for homicide, by this word is meant the وَتَرَة of the nose.
2 The sinew, or nerve, (عَقَبَة,) of the back (متن).

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