سُبَدٌ
Root: سبد
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سُبَدٌ
A certain bird, having plumage so soft, or smooth, that when two drops of water drop upon it, upon its back, they run off from it; or such that when a drop of water drops upon its back, it runs [off] the Arabs liken to it a horse when he sweats: or a certain bird like the eagle: or the male eagle: or the swallow of the desert (خُطَّاف بَرِّىّ): or a bird like the
خُطَّاف; when water falls upon it, it runs off from it quickly: so says Aboo-Nasr; and so Skr in his Expos. of the poetry of Hudheyl, on the authority of As: said by As to be a certain black bird: pl. سِبْدَانٌ.
2 Also A piece of cloth with which the watering-trough such as is termed مَرْكُوّ [q. v.] is rendered close, or firm, [in its bottom and sides,] (يُسَدُّ, [in the L يُسْبَدُ, but I know not any apposite meaning of this verb,]) in order that the water may not become turbid: it is spread therein; and the camels are made to drink [the water] above it.
3 See also سِبْدَةٌ.
def.2 And see سَبَدٌ, last sentence.
2 Also A piece of cloth with which the watering-trough such as is termed مَرْكُوّ [q. v.] is rendered close, or firm, [in its bottom and sides,] (يُسَدُّ, [in the L يُسْبَدُ, but I know not any apposite meaning of this verb,]) in order that the water may not become turbid: it is spread therein; and the camels are made to drink [the water] above it.
3 See also سِبْدَةٌ.
def.2 And see سَبَدٌ, last sentence.
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