Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بَاضِعٌ

Root: بضع

Full Definition

بَاضِعٌ A sword that cuts off a piece of a thing that it strikes: or a sharp, or cutting, sword: or a sword that cuts everything: pl. بَضَعَةٌ: Fr says that بَضَعَةٌ signifies swords; and خَضَعَةٌ, whips: but some say the reverse. [See also بَضَعَةٌ above.]
2 [See also the next paragraph.]

def.2 [A broker who acts as an intermediary between the sellers and buyers of camels;] the same with respect to camels as the دَلَّال with respect to houses: or one who carries the articles of merchandise of the tribe, and conveys those articles from place to place for sale: it is said in the A that بَاضِعُ الحَىِّ signifies the person who carries the articles of merchandise of the tribe.


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