حَاجِرٌ

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حَاجِرٌ The part of the brink (شَفَة) of a valley that retains the water, and surrounds it; as also حَاجُورٌ : pl. of the former حُجْرَانٌ. High land or ground, the middle of which is low, or depressed; as also مَحْجِرٌ : and [pl. of the latter] low places in the ground, retaining water. A fertile piece of land, abounding with herbage, low, or depressed, and having elevated borders, upon which the water is retained. A place where water flows, or where herbs grow, surrounded by high ground, or by an elevated river. A place where trees of the kind called رِمْث grow; where they are collected together; and a place which they surround: pl. as above.
2 A wall that retains water between houses: so called because encompassing.

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