قَرْفَصَ
Root: قرفص
Form: Q. 1
Full Definition
قَرْفَصَ
[قَرْفَصَ: see قُرْفُصَآءُ, below.]
def.2 قَرْفَصَهُ, Verbal.Noun قَرْفَصَةٌ and قِرْفَاصٌ, He bound his arms beneath his legs: or he drew him together, binding his legs and arms.
2 [Hence,] قَرْفَصَةٌ also signifies A certain mode of coitus, in which the woman's extremities are drawn together, so that the man makes fast here arms beneath her legs: transmitted by Ibn-'Abbád.
def.2 قَرْفَصَهُ, Verbal.Noun قَرْفَصَةٌ and قِرْفَاصٌ, He bound his arms beneath his legs: or he drew him together, binding his legs and arms.
2 [Hence,] قَرْفَصَةٌ also signifies A certain mode of coitus, in which the woman's extremities are drawn together, so that the man makes fast here arms beneath her legs: transmitted by Ibn-'Abbád.
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