رُفَاعَةٌ
Root: رفع
Full Definition
رُفَاعَةٌ
A string (خَيْط) whereby he who is shackled (مُقَيَّد) raises his shackles (قَيْد), to which that string is fastened; as also
رِفَاعَةٌ .
2 Also, and رِفَاعَةٌ , A thing by means of which a woman having little flesh in the posteriors makes herself to appear large [in that part]; i. q. عُظَّامَةٌ: pl. رَفَائِعُ.
def.2 See also رَفَاعَةٌ.
2 Also, and رِفَاعَةٌ , A thing by means of which a woman having little flesh in the posteriors makes herself to appear large [in that part]; i. q. عُظَّامَةٌ: pl. رَفَائِعُ.
def.2 See also رَفَاعَةٌ.
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