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كَاذَةٌ

Root: كوذ

Full Definition

كَاذَةٌ What surrounds the vulva, of the exterior of the two thighs: or the portion of flesh of the inner side of the thigh; the two together are called the كَاذَتَانِ: or the flesh of the hinder part of the thigh: or the part of the thigh which is the place that is cauterized in the hinder part of the thigh of the ass; so in a man &c.: or the كَاذَتَانِ are two compact portions of flesh in the upper part of each thigh of an ass, the place that is cauterized, between the thigh and the haunch: or the flesh of the outer sides of the two thighs, below the جَاعِرَتَانِ; and this is the correct signification: or the prominent flesh in the upper parts of the thigh: pl. كَاذَاتٌ and [quasi-pl., or coll. gen. n.,] كَاذٌ.
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