خُطَّافٌ
Root: خطف
Full Definition
خُطَّافٌ
[The swallow; thus called in the present day;] a certain bird, well known; a certain black bird; the عُصْفُور [or passerine bird] which the common people call
عُصْفُورُ الجَنَّةِ [the
عصفور
of Paradise]: pl. خَطَاطِيفُ. [See also خُشَّافٌ.]
2 The bent, or crooked, piece of iron which is on each side of the sheave of a pulley, and in which is the pin whereon the sheave turns: it confines the sheave on each side: that which is of wood is termed قَعْوٌ. Also Any crooked, or hooked, iron: pl. as above. [An iron hook: a grapple: a grapnel: and the like.] The خُطَّافَانِ of a bit are The two bent pieces of iron in the مِسْحَل and the شَكِيمَة, on the right and left. And خَطَاطِيفُ signifies
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4 See also the paragraph next preceding this.
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def.2 Also pl. of خَاطِفٌ. (TA. See الخَطَّافُ.)
2 The bent, or crooked, piece of iron which is on each side of the sheave of a pulley, and in which is the pin whereon the sheave turns: it confines the sheave on each side: that which is of wood is termed قَعْوٌ. Also Any crooked, or hooked, iron: pl. as above. [An iron hook: a grapple: a grapnel: and the like.] The خُطَّافَانِ of a bit are The two bent pieces of iron in the مِسْحَل and the شَكِيمَة, on the right and left. And خَطَاطِيفُ signifies
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وَٱسْتَصْحَبُوا كُلَّ عِمٍ أُمِّىِّ مِنْ كُلِّ خُطَّافٍ وَأَعْرَابِىِّ
4 See also the paragraph next preceding this.
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def.2 Also pl. of خَاطِفٌ. (TA. See الخَطَّافُ.)
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