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قَعِيدَةٌ

Root: قعد

Full Definition

قَعِيدَةٌ A thing like the [kind of receptacle called] عَيْبَة, woven by women, upon which one sits: pl. قَعَائِدُ.
2 See قَعَدَةٌ

def.2 A [sack of the kind called] غِرَارَة: or the like thereof, in which are put قَدِيد [or pieces of flesh-meat, q. v.] and كَعْك: pl. قَعَائِدُ.

def.3 A sand that is not of an oblong form: or a long tract of sand like a rope, cleaving to the ground: or a heap of sand collected together.

def.4 See also قَعِيدٌ.
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