عُودٌ
Root: عود
Full Definition
2 [Hence,] رَكَّبَ ٱللّٰهُ عُودًا عُودًا, or عُودًا عَلَى عُودٍ, God caused the arrow to be put upon the bow, for shooting; meaning that civil war, or conflict, or faction, or sedition, became excited.
3 And سَبِيلُ ذِى الأَعْوَادِ
4 And العُودَانِ The pulpit and the staff of the Prophet.
5 And one says, هُوَ صُلْبُ العُودِ:
6 And هُوْ مِنْ عُودِ صِدْقٍ and سَوْءٍ
7 And it is said in a trad. of Shureyh, إِنَّمَا القَضَآءُ جَمْرٌ فَٱدْفَعِ الجَمْرَ عَنْكَ بِعُودَيْنِ [Verily the exercise of the judicial office is like the approaching live coals; and repel thou the live coals from thee by means of two sticks]: meaning, guard thyself well from the fire [of Hell] by means of two witnesses; like as he who warms himself by means of fire repels the live coals from his place with a stick or other thing that he may not be burned: or act firmly and deliberately in judging, and do thy utmost to repel from thee the fire [of Hell].
8 عُودُ الصَّلِيبِ: see يَبْرُوحٌ.
9 العُودُ also signifies [Aloes-wood;] a well-known odoriferous substance; that with which one fumigates himself; a certain aromatized wood, with which one fumigates himself; thus called because of its excellence: العُودُ الهِنْدِىُّ [which, like عُودُ البَخُورِ and عُودُ النَّدِّ and العُودُ القَمَارِىُّ and العُودُ القُاقُلِّىُّ, is a common, well-known, term for aloes-wood,] is said to be the same as القُسْطُ البَحْرِىُّ. (TA. [See art. قسط.])
10 And A certain musical instrument, well known; [the lute; which word, like the French “ luth,” &c., is derived from العُود: accord. to the L, it has four chords; but I have invariably found it to have seven double chords: it is figured and described in my work on the Modern Egyptians: in the present day it is generally played with a plectrum, formed of a slip of a vulture's feather; but in former times it seems to have been usually played upon with the tips of the fingers:] pl. as above, عِيدَانٌ and أَعْوَادٌ.
11 And The bone [called os hyoides] at the root of the tongue; also called عُودُ اللِّسَانِ.
12 And أُمُّ العُودِ signifies The [portion, or appertenance, of the stomach of a ruminant animal, called] قِبَة, or قِبَّة, i. e. the فَحِث: pl. أُمَّهَاتُ العُودِ.
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