زُبْيَةٌ

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زُبْيَةٌ A hill, or an elevated piece of ground, which the water does not overflow: pl. رُبًى. Hence, it is said in a prov., بَلَغَ السَّيْلُ الزُّبَى [The torrent reached the tops of the hills which they do not usually overflow]: or الزُّبَى is here pl. of الزُّبْيَةُ in the sense next following: [but the meaning is virtually the same:] the prov. is applied to a thing, or an affair, or a case, exceeding the ordinary bounds or limit.
2 A pitfall for a lion or a wolf &c., dug in a high place, for which reason it is thus called: pl. as above.
3 A hollow dug in the ground, in which a sportsman conceals himself [from the objects of the chase].
4 A hollow dug in the ground, in which one roasts, or broils, for himself, and bakes bread.
5 A well: so where it is said in a trad. of an Arab of the desert, تَرَدَّى فِى زُبْيَةٍ [He fell into a well].
6 The excavation made by ants; which they make not save in a high place.
7 Some include this word among those that have contr. significations.

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