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مُقَيِّدَةُ

Root: قيد

Full Definition

مُقَيِّدَةُ [in the CK, مُقَيَّدَةُ الحِمَارِ, and in most copies of the K, accord. to the TA, الخِمَارِ,] A stony tract, of which the stones are black and worn and crumbling, as though burned with fire; syn. حَرَّةٌ: (L, K: [in a copy of the K, حُرَّةٌ] so called because it impedes the ass, [in the TA, art. حمر, the wild ass,] as though it shackled him.
2 Hence, بَنُو مُقَيِّدَةِ الحِمَارِ, in the K, بَنُو مَقَيَّدَةَ [with fet-h to the ى, and without الحمار] [and in the CK, بَنُو مُقَيَّدٍ,] Scorpions: so called because they are in a tract such as is called مقّيدةالحمار. [See an ex. in some verses cited voce رُمْحٌ.]


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