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مَائِدٌ

Root: ميد

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مَائِدٌ A man affected with a heaving of the stomach, or a tendency to vomit, and a giddiness in the head, by reason of intoxication, or of voyaging upon the sea: pl. مَيْدَى.
2 مَائِدٌ A branch inclining [from side to side: see 1]: as also مَيَّادٌ : [or rather the latter signifies inclining much, or frequently, from side to side:] pl. [of the former] مُيَّدٌ.
3 فُلَانٌ يَمْشِى عَلَى الأَرْضِ فَيَّادًا مَيَّادًا Such a one walks upon the ground with an elegant and a proud and a self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of his body from side to side. (A, Art. فيد.)
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