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رَوْثَةٌ

Root: روث

Full Definition

رَوْثَةٌ : see what next precedes.

def.2 Also The end, or tip, of the nose, [i. e.,] of the أَرْنَبَة [or lower portion, i. e. lobule, of the nose], where the blood that flows from the nostrils drops, or drips: or the fore part of the nose altogether: or the end, or tip, of the nose, in the fore part thereof. You say, فُلَانٌ يَضْرِبُ بِلِسَانِهِ رَوْثَةَ أَنْفِهِ, meaning [Such a one strikes with his tongue] the tip of his nose, or the tip of his nose in the fore part thereof. It is said in a trad. that the mulet for mutilating a person by depriving him of this part is a third of the whole price of blood.
2 And The bill of the eagle: Aboo-Kebeer El-Hudhalee terms the eagle's bill رَوْثَةُ أَنْفِهَا.
3 And رَوْثَةُ السَّيْفِ, occurring in a trad., is expl. as meaning The upper part [of the kilt] of the sword, that is next to the little finger of the person grasping it.

def.3 Also The remains of the culms of wheat in the sieve, when it is sifted.
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