وَظِيفٌ
Root: وظف
Full Definition
2 See جُبَّةٌ, and حَوْشَبٌ, and رُكْبَةٌ.
3 In a horse, What corresponds to the كُرَاعٌ in an ox or sheep or goat; or the slender part of the leg. (K, voce كراع.) (The مَوْصِلُ الوظيفِ is The joint between which and the hoof is the slender part called the رُسْغٌ. (K, art. رسغ.) The slender part of the ذِراع and سَاق in a horse, camel, &c. That which is broad, in the hind-leg, is preferred; and that which is gibbous in the foreleg. [In art. جُبَّة, the place where the ساق and وظيف meet is mentioned.] The arm (ذِراعٌ) of a camel, [&c.,] is above the وظيف. (K, voce ذِرَاعٌ.) The وظيف evidently signifies what anatomists call the metacarpus and the metatarsus : see ركبة and كَعْبٌ. In general it seems to signify the slender part of the shank, next the pastern: and this, accord. to the explanation of مُسْتَدَقٌّ in the M and K, is the meaning assigned to it in the S and K. See also ذِرَاع.]
4 The bone of the سَاق. (L, art. زج.)
5 مَوْصِلُ الوَظِيفِ The fetlock-joint. (S, K, voce رُسْغٌ.)
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