شَخْرٌ
Root: شخر
Full Definition
2 The part, of a رَحْل [or camel's saddle], that is between the قَادِمَة and the آخِرَة, which are the كَرَّانِ: [said to be] also called the شَرْخ, [which is an evident mistake, perhaps originating from its having been said that شَخْرٌ and شَرْخٌ are syn., meaning in another sense, mentioned above,] and the شَجْر [q. v.]: or the space between the upper part of the two extremities [at the fore part and hind part] of the [saddle called] قَتَب.
3 And The chink of the buttocks. (JK, O. [In the K, for وَشَخْرُ الاِسْتِ شَقُّهَا, the reading in the JK and O, is put وَشَخَرَ الاِسْتَ شَقَّهَا.])
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