Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مِحْرَافٌ

Root: حرف

Full Definition

مِحْرَافٌ and مِحْرَفٌ , or مِحْرَفَةٌ , A probe with which the depth of a wound is measured: pl. of the first مَحَارِيفُ; and [of the second, or,] accord. to Akh, of the last, مَحَارِفُ.


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