مِعْضَدٌ
Root: عضد
Full Definition
مِعْضَدٌ
An amulet that is bound upon the
عَضُد [or upper arm]; as also
عِضَادٌ : and
مِعْضَادٌ signifies a thong, or the like, such as an amulet, which thou bindest, or attachest, (عَضَدْتَةُ,) upon the
عَضُد; called in Pers.
بَازُدْبَنْد. Also, مِعْضَدٌ and
مِعْضَادٌ and
عِضَادٌ An armlet, or bracelet for the arm; syn. دُمْلُجٌ; which is thus called because it is [worn] upon the
عَضُد, like a مِعْضَدَة: pl. of the first مَعَاضِدُ.
2 And An instrument with which trees are cut, or lopped; as also مِعْضَادٌ : anything with which this is done: described by an Arab of the desert as a heavy iron instrument in the form of a reaping-hook, with which trees are cut, or lopped: مِعْضَادٌ also, or عِضَادٌ , signifies an iron instrument like a reaping-hook, without teeth, having its handle bound to a staff or cane, with which the pastor draws down the branches of trees to his camels, or his sheep or goats: and مِعْضَدٌ, a sword which is commonly, or usually, employed for cutting, or lopping, trees; and so مِعْضَادٌ ; which also signifies a sword wherewith a butcher cuts bones.
2 And An instrument with which trees are cut, or lopped; as also مِعْضَادٌ : anything with which this is done: described by an Arab of the desert as a heavy iron instrument in the form of a reaping-hook, with which trees are cut, or lopped: مِعْضَادٌ also, or عِضَادٌ , signifies an iron instrument like a reaping-hook, without teeth, having its handle bound to a staff or cane, with which the pastor draws down the branches of trees to his camels, or his sheep or goats: and مِعْضَدٌ, a sword which is commonly, or usually, employed for cutting, or lopping, trees; and so مِعْضَادٌ ; which also signifies a sword wherewith a butcher cuts bones.
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