صِفَاقٌ
Root: صفق
Full Definition
صِفَاقٌ
The inferior [or inner] skin, that is beneath the skin upon which is the hair: a thin skin beneath the upper skin and above the flesh: or the صِفَاق of the belly is the skin, the inner skin, that is next to the
سَوَاد, the
سَوَاد
of the belly, [i. e. the liver,] and which is the part where the farrier perforates the beast (بَنْقُبُ مِنَ
الدَّابَّةِ) [at the navel, in order that a yellow fluid may issue forth]: or the صَفَاق is the part around the navel, where the farrier performs the operation above mentioned: or the skin which, when the
مَسْك [or hide] is stripped off, remains cleaving to the belly, and the rending of which occasions a [rupture termed] فَتْق; so says As, in the “ Book of the Horse: ” or what is between the
جِلْد [or outer skin] and the
مُصْرَان [or intestines into which the food passes from the stomach]; com-
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