فَرِيغٌ

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فَرِيغٌ Broad, or wide. See فِرَاغٌ. [Hence,] ضَرْبَةٌ فَرِيغٌ or فَرِيغَةٌ A wide [wound made by a] stroke, or blow; likened to the فَرْغ of the leathern bucket: and طَعْنَةٌ , likewise, signifies a wide [wound made by a] piercing [with a spear &c.], of which the blood flows.
2 And فَرِيغَةٌ A مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag] that takes in much water; as though having فَرْغ, i. e. width.
3 And فرِيغٌ signifies also Land, or ground, that is even, or flat, as though it were a road, and wide: or that is marked by much treading: to such Aboo-Kebeer El-Hudhalee likens the whiteness of the أَثْر, i. e. فِرِنْد, of a sword.

def.2 And A horse wide in step, easy, or good, and quick, in pace; as also فِرَاغٌ : or swift and excellent, wide in step: or quick in pace, wide in step, applied to a horse or the like; and so فِرَاغٌ , applied to an ass, and likewise to a man: and, accord. to Z, فَرِيغٌ applied to an ass signifies wide in step.
2 Also Sharp, applied to an arrow, and likewise to a knife. And Sharp-tongued, applied to a man.

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