خَذُوفٌ
Root: خذف
Full Definition
خَذُوفٌ
A horse or the like quick in pace.
2 A she-ass that throws the pebbles by reason of her quickness: or whose navel is near to the ground by reason of her fatness: or so fat that, if a pebble is thrown at her with the fingers, or with two fore fingers, or with the extremity of the thumb and that of the fore finger, it sinks into her fat: and that raises her legs to the side of her belly: pl. خُذُفٌ.
2 A she-ass that throws the pebbles by reason of her quickness: or whose navel is near to the ground by reason of her fatness: or so fat that, if a pebble is thrown at her with the fingers, or with two fore fingers, or with the extremity of the thumb and that of the fore finger, it sinks into her fat: and that raises her legs to the side of her belly: pl. خُذُفٌ.
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