وَطْبٌ

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وَطْبٌ A skin (سِقَاءٌ) in which milk is put, specially used for that purpose: or a skin in which are put clarified butter and milk: it is made of the skin of an animal such as is termed جَذَعٌ, [meaning a goat in its second year,] or what is above that [in age]: the skin of a sucking kid, in which milk is put, is called شَكْوَةٌ; and that of one that is weaned, بَدْرَةٌ; and the like of a شكوة, in which clarified butter is put, عُكَّةٌ; and the like of a بدرة, مِسْأَدٌ: see also بَدْرَةٌ: pl. of pauc. أَوْطُبٌ, and of mult. وِطَابٌ and أَوْطَابٌ, [accord. to most grammarians; but not so accord. to Fr, because its first radical letter is و;] and pl. pl. (i. e. pl. of اوطب, TA,) أَوَاطِبُ.
2 وَطْبٌ A hard, rough, rude, or coarse, man: syn. رَجُلٌ جَافٍ.
3 وَطْبٌ A large breast: likened to the skin so called.
4 صَفِرَتُ وِطَابُهُ He died: or he was slain: the body's becoming empty of the soul is compared to the skin's becoming empty of the milk: or the meaning is his blood issued forth from his body: or, as some say, his skins became empty of their milk; a hostile attack having been made upon his camels, and no milch camel remaining in his possession. [See similar sayings voce رفْدٌ; and see Ham., p. 34.]

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