Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَفَجُّ

Root: فج

Full Definition

أَفَجُّ A man having his legs wide apart; who straddles; as also السَّاقَيْنِ; [and مُفَاجٌّ , for] one says يَمْشِى مُفَاجًّا he walks with his legs wide apart, or straddling: or أَفَجُّ signifies having his thighs wide apart.
2 And قَوْسٌ فَجَّآءُ A bow of which the curved ends are elevated so that its string is distant from the part where it is grasped by the hand: or of which the string is distant from its كَبِد [q. v.]; as also : and so قَوْسٌ فَجْوَآءُ.


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