نَفِيضَةٌ

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نَفِيضَةٌ A company sent forth into the land to see whether there be in it an enemy, or not, or any [cause of] fear; like طَلِيعَةٌ; as also نَفَضَةٌ ; [pl. of نَافِضٌ , like as طَلَبَةٌ is of طَالِبٌ:] or the former signifies men going before an army as scouts, or explorers: (As, in TA, voce حَضِيرَةٌ:) or men who explore a place thoroughly: and also, a single person: or a scout, or scouts, stationed on a mountain or other elevated place: or one who guards the road: or a company [of men]: and ↓ the latter, persons who clear the roads of robbers and of intercepters of travellers; or who guard the roads; the pl. of the former is نَفَائِضُ; which also signifies persons who throw pebbles in order to know if there be behind them anything that they dislike, or an enemy.
2 Also, the pl., Lean, or emaciated, camels; accord to AA, as occurring in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb, in which he says, تُلْقِى النَّفَائِضُ فِيهِ السَّرِيحَا In which the lean, or emaciated, camels cast the shoes; meaning that these have become dissundered; or, as Akh says, the thongs so called [by which their shoes are fastened], these being dissundered; فيه referring to the road; but some read, فِيهَا, referring to the roads, mentioned before: As reads نفائض, as well as AA: but others read the word with ق, as pl. of نِقْضٌ, and signifying “ jaded ” camels: or نفائض signifies camels which traverse the land.
3 The sing. is also said to signify Waters where there is not any one. (IAar, Sh; both in the TA. voce حَضِيرَةٌ, q. v., and the former also in this art.)

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