فَوْدٌ

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فَوْدٌ Each of the two sides of the head: pl. أَفْوَادٌ: one says, بَدَا الشَّيْبُ بِفَوْدَيْهِ [Hoariness appeared in the two sides of his head]. And The main, or chief, portion of the hair of the head, next the ear; or of the hair that descends below the lobe of the ear, next the ear: or فَوْدَانِ signifies [two locks, or plaited locks, of hair, such as are termed] ضَفِيرَتَانِ of a man and of a woman.
2 The side of anything; each of the two sides of a thing. You say, اِرْفَعْ فَوْدَ الخِبَآءِ Raise thou the side of the tent. And نَزَلُوا بَيْنَ فَوْدَىِ الوَادِى [They alighted, or abode, between the two sides of the valley].
3 Each of the two equiponderant halves of the load of a beast: one says, قَعَدَ بَيْنَ الفَوْدَيْنِ [He sat between the two equiponderant halves of the load of the beast]. And [hence, app.,] A [sack such as is termed] جُوَالِق.
4 The part that is abundant in plumage of each of the wings of the eagle: [or each of the wings; for] one says, أَلْقَتِ العُقَابُ فَوْدَيْهَا عَلَى الهَيْثَمِ [The eagle cast] its wings [upon, or over, the eaglet].
5 One says also, جَعَلْتُ الكِتَابَ فَوْدَينِ, meaning I doubled the upper part of the letter, or writing, over the lower part, so that it became two halves.
6 And اِسْتَلَمْتُ فَوْدَ البَيْتِ [I touched, by kissing, or with the hand,] the corner of the House [of God; i. e., of the Kaabeh].

def.2 Also A company, congregated body, party, or group, of men; or a crowd, or dense company &c.; or a great crowd of men; syn. فَوْج: pl. أَفْوَادٌ.

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