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هَيْذَبَى

Root: هذب

Full Definition

هَيْذَبَى A kind of pace of a horse; like هَيْدَبَى: a subst. from هَذَبَ “ he was quick, or swift, in his pace. ” The former is also mentioned by Az, in the T; IDrd only mentions the latter word.
2 A running with a leaning on one side. Ex. مَشَى الهَيْذَبَى [He went leaning on one side]. But for this some read مشى الهَوْبَذَى, which is equivalent to هيذبى.
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