الفَرْسَةُ
Root: فرس
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الفَرْسَةُ
, or
, the former accord. to A'Obeyd, or, accord. to A'Obeyd, it is with ص, and the vulgar, he says, pronounce it with س, Gibbosity [of the back]; syn. الحَدَبُ: or, as also الفَرْصَةُ, which latter is the more approved in this sense, the
رِيح [or flatus] of gibbosity; [i. e.] the
ريح
that renders gibbous; as though it were breaking, or crushing so as to break, the back (كَأَنَّهَا تَفْرِسُ الظَّهْرَ أَىْ تَدُقُّهُ), and cleaving it (تَفْرِصُهُ أَىْ تَشُقُّهُ): [or الفَرْسَةُ signifies the displacement of one of the vertebræ; for,] accord. to As, one says أَصَابَتْهُ فَرْسَةٌ when one of the vertebræ of one's back has become displaced; but the flatus (الرِّيحُ) from which gibbosity results is termed الفَرْصَةُ, with ص: or الفَرْسَةُ signifies a flatus that attacks in the neck, and breaks it: or, as some say, an imposthume, or ulcer, (قَرْحَة,) that is in the neck, breaking it: or a breach (فُرْجَة) in the neck; thus says AZ: or a breach (فرجة) that is in [the case of] gibbosity: the pl. is فَرَسَاتٌ, not
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