أَسِدٌ

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أَسِدٌ [Like a lion;] bold; daring; as also أَسِيدٌ and مُتَأَسِّدٌ [and مُسْتَأْسِدٌ ]. You say أَسَدٌ أَسِدٌ [A bold, or fierce, lion], adding the latter word to give intensiveness of signification.
2 [Its fem.] أَسِدَةٌ [app. applied to a bitch] signifies Accustomed, or habituated, [to the chase,] and emboldened; syn. ضَارِيَةٌ. (K, TA, in the CK صارِيَة.) [See also 10.]

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