مِذْرًى
Root: ذرو
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مِذْرًى
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مِذْرَاةٌ A wooden implement, or a small wooden implement, having [several] ex tremities [or prongs], with which one winnows wheat, and with which the heaps of grain are cleared [from the straw &c.]: or the former word signifies the thing with which the wheat is carried to be winnowed: and the latter, the wooden implement with which one winnows.
def.2 Also, the former word, The extremity of the buttock: or مِذْرَوَانِ signifies the two extremities of the two buttocks; or the two uppermost parts of the two buttocks; and it has no sing.; for if the sing. were مِذْرًى, the dual would be مِذْرَيَانِ. Hence, جَآءَ يَنْفُضُ [He came shaking the two extremities, or the two uppermost parts, of his buttocks]; a prov., applied to one behaving insolently (بَاغٍ), and threatening; or to one threatening vainly: and جَآءَ يَضْرِبُ [He came striking. &c.]; a prov. also, applied to him who has come empty, not having accomplished that which he sought.
2 مِذْرَوَانِ also signifies The two sides of the head: or مَذَارٍ signifies the temples of the head; and the sing. is مِذْرًى; accord. to AA.
3 Also, مِذْرَوَانِ , The two places, of a bow, upon which lies the string, in the upper portion and the lower: and in this sense it has no sing.: or, accord. to AA, its sing. is مِذْرًى.
def.2 Also, the former word, The extremity of the buttock: or مِذْرَوَانِ signifies the two extremities of the two buttocks; or the two uppermost parts of the two buttocks; and it has no sing.; for if the sing. were مِذْرًى, the dual would be مِذْرَيَانِ. Hence, جَآءَ يَنْفُضُ [He came shaking the two extremities, or the two uppermost parts, of his buttocks]; a prov., applied to one behaving insolently (بَاغٍ), and threatening; or to one threatening vainly: and جَآءَ يَضْرِبُ [He came striking. &c.]; a prov. also, applied to him who has come empty, not having accomplished that which he sought.
2 مِذْرَوَانِ also signifies The two sides of the head: or مَذَارٍ signifies the temples of the head; and the sing. is مِذْرًى; accord. to AA.
3 Also, مِذْرَوَانِ , The two places, of a bow, upon which lies the string, in the upper portion and the lower: and in this sense it has no sing.: or, accord. to AA, its sing. is مِذْرًى.
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