غَارٌ

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غَارٌ A cave, or cavern; syn. كَهْفٌ; in a mountain; as also مَغَارَةٌ and مَغَارٌ and and مُغَارٌ and غَوْرٌ : (K: [but غَارٌ in this sense is omitted in the CK:]) or what resembles a كهف in a mountain, [only differing in being less large,] like a سَرَب: or what is hewn out in a mountain, resembling a مَغَارَة: when it is large, or spacious, it is called كهف: or what resembles a house, or chamber, in a mountain: or a low, or depressed, place in a mountain: or any low, or depressed, land, country, or ground: see also غَوْرٌ [and خَوْرٌ]: or the hole, or burrow, to which a wild animal betakes itself: (K: [see an instance in art. سمو, conj. 8:]) and sometimes مَغَارٌ is applied to the coverts of gazelles, among trees: the dim. of غَارٌ is غُوَيْرٌ: [of which see two exs. voce بُؤْسٌ:] and the pl. أَغْوَارٌ and غِيرَانٌ.
2 Also The portion of the upper part of the mouth which is behind the فَرَاشَة [or thin bone of the palate]: or the hollow (أُخْدُود) which is between the two jaws: or the interior of the mouth: (K: [for دَاخِلَ الفَمِ, in the CK, I read دَاخِلُ الفم, as in the TA:]) or, as some say, the two parts whereof each is called نِطْعٌ, [app. meaning the anterior part of the palate and the corresponding part next the lower gums,] in the حَنَكَانِ [or the palate and the part corresponding to it below].
3 And الغَارَانِ signifies The [sockets of the eyes; or] two bones in which are the eyes.
4 And The belly and the pudendum: or the mouth and the pudendum. Hence the saying of a poet, يَسْعَى لِغَارَيْهِ [He works, or earns, for his belly, or his mouth, and his pudendum].

def.2 Also (غَارٌ) An army: or a numerous army. You say اِلْتَقَى الغَارَانِ The two armies met.
2 And A company, or body, of men: or a numerous company or body of men.

def.3 And I. q. غَيْرَةٌ, or غِيرَةٌ. [See 1, last signification.]

def.4 And A kind of tree, of large size, having leaves longer than those of the خِلَاف, and a fruit [or berry] smaller than the hazel-nut, which is black, and which, being divested of its covering, discloses a heart that is employed in medicine [that is designed to produce a narcotic or an intoxicating effect: the berries are called حَبُّ الغَارِ]: its leaves have a sweet odour, and are employed in perfume: its fruit is called [in Persian] دَهْمَسْت: and it has an oil, which is called دُهْنُ الغَارِ: [it is the bay-tree; or female laurel-tree; the laurus nobilis; also called the sweet bay; of which there are several sorts, as the broad-leaved bay, the narrow-leaved bay, &c.: it is commonly supposed to be the laurus of the ancients:] n. un. with ة.
2 And The leaves of the grapevine.

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