زج

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Form 1زَجَّهُ6 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarزَجٌّ زَجَجٌ

Core sense — he pierced him with the iron foot of a spear; he cast a thing awaygenerated

1.1he pierced, or thrust, with haste—زَجَّ

He pierced him, or thrust him, i. e. a man, with the زُجّ [or pointed iron foot of the spear]; and cast at him with it.

I cast at him with the spear—زَجَجْتُهُ بِالرُّمْحِ

1.1.1figurative · مجازhe cast, or threw, the thing away from himself—زَجَّ بِالشَّىْءِ

he cast, or threw, the thing from his hand—زَجَّ بِالشَّىْءِ مِنْ يَدِهِ

maṣdar as above.

1.1.2figurative · مجازthe running of the ostrich—زَجٌّ

he ran, throwing out his legs—زَجَّ بِرِجْلَيْهِ

Said of the ostrich; maṣdar as above.

1.1.3figurative · مجازwe alighted in a valley putting forth herbage—نَزَلْنَا بِوَادٍ يَزُجُّ النَّبَاتَ

As though the valley were casting the herbage from itself.

1.1.4

See also form 4.

1.2it was, or became, narrow and long, said of an eyebrow—زَجَّ

Second person زَجِجْتَ.

Or it was arched: [or narrow and long and full and arched: see زَجَجٌ below.]

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, (S, A, Msb,) aor. زَجُجَ , (S,) inf. n. زَجٌّ , (S, A, Msb, K,) He pierced him, or thrust him, (i. e. a man, S, Msb,) with the زُجّ [or pointed iron foot of the spear]; (S, A, Msb, K; *) and cast at him with it: and زَجَّ also signifies he pierced, or thrust, with haste. (TA.) And زَجَجْتُهُ بِالرُّمْحِ I cast at him with the spear. (A, and Ham p. 147.) [Hence,] زَجَّ بِالشَّىْءِ He cast, or threw, the thing from himself: (A:) or زَجَّ بِالشَّىْءِ مِنْ يَدِهِ , aor. زَجُجَ , (TA,) inf. n. as above, (K, TA,) he cast, or threw, the thing from his hand. (K, * TA.) [And hence,] زَجٌّ signifies also The running or the ostrich. (K, TA.) You say of the ostrich, زَجَّ بِرِجْلَيْهِ , (A, TA,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He ran, (A, TA,) throwing out his legs. (TA.) [Hence also,] نَزَلْنَا بِوَادٍ يَزُجُّ النَّبَاتَ We alighted in a valley putting forth herbage; as though casting it from itself. (A, TA.) See also 4. زَجَّ , sec. pers. زَجِجْتَ , aor. زَجَجَ , inf. n. زَجَجٌ , It (an eyebrow) was, or became, narrow and long: (TK:) or arched: (MA:) [or narrow and long and full and arched: see زَجَجٌ below.]

Form 2زَجَّجَ3 senses · 2 main

maṣdarتَزْجِيجٌ

Core sense — she made her eyebrow narrow and long, or lengthened it with black collyriumgenerated

2.1

See form 4.

2.2she, or he, made her, or his, eyebrow narrow and long—زَجَّجَتْ حَاجِبَهَا

Also زجّج حَاجِبَهُ.

[Or made it arched: (see 1, last sentence:) or made it narrow and long and arched: ]

Or clipped away the extra hair of it; or lengthened it [in appearance] with إِثْمِد [i. e. antimony, or ore of antimony, or a black collyrium; like the ancient Egyptians, as appears from their paintings and sculptures, and like some Arab women still do, extending a black line towards the ear, and also a similar line from the outer corner of the eye].

In the following verse of the poet Er-Rāʿee this last meaning may be intended, so that it may be rendered [When the women content with their husbands, or with their beauty, etc., went forth one day, and lengthened with black collyrium the eyebrows and the eyes]

shāhid

إِذَا مَا الغَانِيَاتُ خَرَجْنَ يَوْمًاوَزَجَّجْنَ الحَوَاجِبَ وَالعُيُونَا

Or كَحَلْنَ is to be understood before العُيُونَا.

2.2.1he made even, and adjusted, the place of it—زجّج مَوْضِعَهَا

From تَزْجِيحُ الحَوَاجِبِ in the sense of clipping away the extra hair of the eyebrows.

It occurs in a tradition, of a hole made in a piece of wood in which a thousand dīnārs and a writing had been placed.

According to IAth, the hole may have been in the end of the piece of wood, so that it may mean he made a زُجّ [q. v.] over its place, to hold it fast and to preserve what was in it.

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see 4. زَجَّجَتْ حَاجِبَهَا , (S, A,) or زجّج حَاجِبَهُ , (K, TA,) inf. n. تَزْجِيجٌ , (TA,) She, or he, made her, or his, eyebrow narrow and long: (S, K:) [or made it arched: (see 1, last sentence:) or made it narrow and long and arched: (see زَجَجٌ below:)] or clipped the redundant portions of the hair thereof: or lengthened it [in appearance] with إِثْمِد [i. e. antimony, or ore of antimony, or a black collyrium; like as the ancient Egyptians were accustomed to do, as appears from their paintings and sculptures; and like as some of the Arab women still do; extending a black line towards the ear, and also a similar line from the outer angle of the eye]. (TA.) In the following verse of the poet Er-Rá'ee, 1 [the last of these significations may be intended; so that it may be rendered, When the females content with their husbands, or with their beauty, &c., shall go forth (or went forth) one day, and shall lengthen (or lengthened) with black collyrium the eyebrows and the eyes: or] كَحَلْنَ is meant to be understood before العُيُونَا . (S.) إِذَا مَا الغَانِيَاتُ خَرَجْنَ يَوْمًا | وَزَجَّجْنَ الحَوَاجِبَ وَالعُيُونَا Hence, from تَزْجِيحُ الحَوَاجِبِ as signifying “ the clipping of the redundant portions of the hair of the eyebrows, ” زجّج مَوْضِعَهَا , occurring in a trad., referring to a hole made in a piece of wood in which a thousand deenars and a writing had been inserted, is expl. as meaning He made even, and adjusted, the place thereof: or, accord. to IAth, it may be that the hole was in the end of the piece of wood, and so it may mean he made a زُجّ [q. v.] upon the place thereof, to hold it fast, and to preserve what was in it. (TA.)

Form 4ازجّ الرُّمْحَ2 senses · 1 main

maṣdarزَجٌّ

Core sense — he fitted the spear with a pointed iron footgenerated

4.1he put, or made, a زُجّ [q. v.] to the spear—زجّجهُ

Also زَجَّهُ; maṣdar زَجٌّ and زَجَّاهُ.

4.1.1

The same phrase is said also to mean he removed, or took off, the زُجّ from the spear. IAar is reported to have said this, but he is also reported to have said that this meaning is not allowable.

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; (IAar, ISk, S, A, K;) and زجّجهُ ; (A, TA;) and زَجَّهُ , aor. زَجُجَ , inf. n. زَجٌّ ; (Msb;) and زَجَّاهُ ; (TA;) He put, or made, a زُجّ [q. v.] to the spear. (IAar, ISk, S, A, Msb, K.) The first of these phrases is said also to signify He removed, or took off, its زُجّ from the spear: (A:) IAar is related to have said thus; but he is also related to have said that this signification is not allowable. (TA.)

Form 8اِزْدَجَّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it reached the outer corner of the eye, said of an eyebrowgenerated

8.1

Said of the eyebrow: it reached to the outer corner of the eye.

8.1.1

And, said of herbage: the spaces between its parts became closed up.

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, said of the eyebrow, It reached to the outer extremity ( ذُنَابَى ) of the eye. (K.) And, said of herbage, Its intervening spaces became closed up. (TA.)

Derived nouns 14

Nounزُجٌّ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the pointed iron foot of a spear; the point of the elbow; an arrow-headgenerated

1spears, altogether—زِجَاجٌ

[The pointed iron foot, or heel, or shoe, of a spear;] the iron at the lower end of a spear, i. e. the iron fixed upon its lower end, with which the spear is stuck into the ground.

The iron fixed upon its upper end, with which one pierces, is called سِنَانٌ.

Plurals: [of many] زِجَاجٌ and زِجَجَةٌ, and [of few] أَزْجَاجٌ and أَزِجَّةٌ; or this last is not allowable, according to ISk.

[By a synecdoche] the plural is used in this way.

Zuheyr says: [And he who refuses to yield to the points of the iron feet of the spears will yield to the upper ends of them, mounted with every sharp spear-head]

shāhid

وَمَنْ يَعْصِ أَطْرَافَ الزِّجَاجِ فَإِنَّهُيُطِيعُ العَوَالِى رُكِّبَتْ كُلَّ لَهْذَمِ

ISk says he means that whoever refuses to yield to a small thing will meet with a great thing.

Khālid Ibn-Kulthoom says they used to meet their enemies, when they wanted peace, with the iron feet of their spears turned towards them; and if the enemy refused peace, they turned the spear-heads to them and fought them.

1.1figurative · مجازhe leaned upon his elbows—اِتَّكَأَ عَلَى زُجَّيْهِ

So called by likeness to the زُجّ of a spear: the extremity of the elbow, which is pointed.

Or the part, or joint, between the lower end of the os humeri and the end of the ulna at the elbow; or simply the elbow.

[they leaned upon the extremities of their elbows]—اِتَّكَؤُوا عَلَى زِجَاجِ مَرَافِقِهِمْ

1.2figurative · مجازthe tushes of the stallion-camel—زِجَاجُ الفَحْلِ

[Hence also, a tush, or canine tooth.]

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

[Hence also a meaning mentioned by Golius on the authority of Meyd: an iron pivot (“subscus ferrea”) round which a mill-stone turns.]

1.4

Also an arrow-head. Plurals: زِجَجَةٌ and زِجَاجٌ and أَزِجَّةٌ.

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[The pointed iron foot, or heel, or shoe, of a spear;] the iron at the lower extremity of a spear; (S, A, Msb, K;) i. e. the iron which is fixed upon the lower extremity of a spear, and with which the spear is stuck into the ground: the iron which is fixed upon its upper extremity, and with which one pierces, being called سِنَانٌ : (ISd, TA:) pl. [of mult.] زِجَاجٌ and زِجَجَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and [of pauc.] أَزْجَاجٌ and أَزِجَّةٌ , (TA,) or this last is not allowable, (S, Msb, TA,) accord. to ISk. (Msb.) Zuheyr says, 1 [And he who refuses to yield to the points of the iron feet of the spears shall yield to the upper extremities thereof mounted with every sharp spear-head]: ISk says, he means that he who refuses to yield to a small thing will encounter a great thing: and Khálid Ibn-Kulthoom says, they used to meet their enemies, when they desired peace, with the iron feet of their spears turned towards them; and if they refused peace, they turned their spears' heads to them, and combated them. (TA.) [By a synecdoche, the pl.] زِجَاجٌ is also used to signify Spears, altogether. (Ham p. 147.) وَمَنْ يَعْصِ أَطْرَافَ الزِّجَاجِ فَإِنَّهُ | يُطِيعُ العَوَالِى رُكِّبَتْ كُلَّ لَهْذَمِ Hence, as being likened to the زُجّ of the spear, (L,) The extremity of the elbow, (S, L, K,) which is pointed: (L:) or the part [or joint] between the lower extremity of the os humeri and the extremity of the ulna at the elbow: (T in art. ابر :) or [simply] the elbow. (A.) You say, اِتَّكَأَ عَلَى زُجَّيْهِ He leaned upon his elbows: and اِتَّكَؤُوا عَلَى زِجَاجِ مَرَافِقِهِمْ [They leaned upon the extremities of their elbows]. (A.) [Hence also, A tush, or canine tooth:] زِجَاجُ الفَحْلِ signifies the tushes of the stallion-camel. (A, K.) [Hence also a signification mentioned by Golius on the authority of Meyd, An iron pivot (“ subscus ferrea ”) round which a mill-stone turns.] Also An arrow-head: (IAar, K:) pl. زِجَجَةٌ and زِجَاجٌ (K) and أَزِجَّةٌ . (TA.)

Nounزَجَجٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — narrowness and length of the eyebrows; long shanks and a wide step in an ostrichgenerated

Narrowness and length in the eyebrows; or narrowness and archedness of the eyebrows; or archedness of them; or narrowness and length and fulness and archedness of them. [See 1, last sentence.]

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also, in an ostrich, length of the shanks and width of step.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

And in camels, wideness in the space between the hind legs.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

And wideness of a solid hoof, which is a fault.

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Narrowness and length in the eyebrows: (S, K:) or narrowness and archedness of the eyebrows: (A:) or archedness thereof: (MA:) or narrowness and length and fulness and arched- ness thereof. (TA.) [See 1, last sentence.] Also, in an ostrich, Length of the shanks, and width of step. (L.) And in camels, Width, or wideness, ( رَوَحٌ ) in [the space between] the hind legs. (TA.) And Wideness of a solid hoof: which is a fault. (TA in art. صر .)

Nounزُجُجٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — darts, or javelins, fitted with iron headsgenerated

Darts, or javelins, furnished with iron heads. Its singular is not mentioned.

1.1

[It is also explained in different copies of the K as meaning حَمِيرٌ مُقْتَتِلَةٌ or مُقَتَّلَةٌ or مُقْتَلَّةٌ; the first I regard as the right reading, i. e. asses (wild asses) fighting one another.]

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Darts, or javelins, ( حِرَابٌ ,) furnished with iron heads: (K:) its sing. is not mentioned. (TA.) [It is also expl. in different copies of the K as meaning حَمِيرٌ مُقْتَتِلَةٌ or مُقَتَّلَةٌ or مُقْتَلَّةٌ : the first I regard as the right reading; i. e. Asses (wild asses) fighting one another.]

Nounزُجَاجٌ2 senses

Core sense — glass; glass flasks, bottles, or drinking-cupsgenerated

1a lamp, syn. قِنْدِيل, of زُجَاج [i. e. glass]—زُجَاجَة

Also زَجَاجٌ and زِجَاجٌ; the first is the form used by the seven readers [of the Qurʾān], and the last is the least common. These are words of well-known meaning: [glass; pieces of glass; glass vessels;] glass flasks or bottles, syn. قَوَارِيرُ; and [glass] drinking-cups or bowls.

Plurals of زُجَاجَةٌ and زَجَاجَةٌ and زِجَاجَة; or rather these are the ism waḥda.

So in the Qurʾān 24:35.

2the berries of the clove-tree, syn. حَبُّ القَرَنْفُلِ—زَجَاجٌ

With fatḥ; so Ktr.

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and زَجَاجٌ and زِجَاجٌ , (AO, S, Msb, K,) the first of which is that used by the seven readers [of the Kur-án], (Msb,) and the last is the least common, (TA,) words of well-known meaning; (S, Msb, K;) [Glass: pieces of glass: glassvessels:] glass flasks or bottles; syn. قَوَارِيرُ : (TA:) and [glass] drinking-cups or bowls: (AO, TA:) pls. of زُجَاجَةٌ (AO, S) and زَجَاجَةٌ and زِجَاجَة : (AO:) or [rather] these are the ns. un. (Msb.) In the Kur [xxiv. 35], زُجَاجَة means A lamp, syn. قِنْدِيل ,(Lth, Bd, Jel,) of زُجَاج [i. e. glass]. (Bd.) زَجَاجٌ , with fet-h, also signifies The berries of the clove-tree; syn. حَبُّ القَرَنْفُلِ . (Ktr, TA.)

Nounزُجَاجَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a glass vessel, a glass bottle; the craft of glass-makinggenerated

This, and زَجَاجَةٌ and زِجَاجَةٌ: see the preceding entry; the first in two places.

The last of these words also means the art, or occupation, of making زُجَاج [i. e. glass, glass vessels, etc.].

Qur’ānic occurrences زُجَاجَة

24:35

ٱللَّهُ نُورُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِۦ كَمِشْكَوٰةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ ۖ ٱلْمِصْبَاحُ فِى زُجَاجَةٍ ۖ ٱلزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّىٌّ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِىٓءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ ۚ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ ۗ يَهْدِى ٱللَّهُ لِنُورِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَيَضْرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَ لِلنَّاسِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant star: Lit from a blessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil is well-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it: Light upon Light! Allah doth guide whom He will to His Light: Allah doth set forth Parables for men: and Allah doth know all things.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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and زَجَاجَةٌ and زِجَاجَةٌ : see the next preceding paragraph; the first, in two places. The last also signifies The art, or occupation, of making زُجَاج [i. e. glass, glass vessels, &c.]. (TA.)

Nounزُجَاجِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a seller of glass, or of glass vesselsgenerated

[Also زَجَاجِىٌّ and زِجَاجِىٌّ: the former in the CK, and both implied in the K and in the Msb.]

A seller of زَجَاج [i. e. glass, glass vessels, etc.].

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(Msb, K, TA) [and زَجَاجِىٌّ and زِجَاجِىٌّ , the former in the CK, and both implied in the K and in the Msb,] A seller of زَجَاج [i. e. glass, glass vessels, &c.]. (Msb, K.)

Nounزَجَّاجٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who makes glass, or glass vesselsgenerated

A maker, or manufacturer, of زُجَاج [i. e. glass, glass vessels, etc.].

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A maker, or manufacturer, of زُجَاج [i. e. glass, glass, vessels, &c.] (Msb, K.)

Nounالزَّجَّاجَةُ1 sense

Core sense — the anusgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

The anus; because it sends forth wind and excrement.

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The anus; because it emits ( تَزُجُّ ) wind and excrement. (TA.)

Nounأَزَجُّ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — having narrow and long eyebrows; long-legged and long in step, said of an ostrichgenerated

1the eyebrow itself—الأَزَجُّ

Applied to a man: having narrow and long eyebrows; or having narrow and arched eyebrows; [or having arched eyebrows: see زَجَجٌ;] or having narrow and long and full and arched eyebrows.

Feminine زَجَّآءُ, applied to a woman; [plural زُجٌّ;] and one says also أَزَجُّ الحَوَاجِبِ [meaning the same].

It is likewise applied to the eyebrow [as meaning narrow and long, or narrow and arched, etc.], and so is مُزَجَّجٌ; or the first is said of an eyebrow narrow and long [etc.] naturally, and the second of one made so artificially.

This is a name for it in the dialect of El-Yemen.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also, applied to a male ostrich: long in step; or long-legged and long in step; or that runs throwing out his legs; or having white feathers above his eyes. Feminine زَجَّآءُ, plural زُجٌّ.

And, applied to a man: long-legged.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also, applied to a solid hoof: wide. (In the article صر. [See زَجَجٌ, last sentence.])

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, applied to a man, (S, A,) Having narrow and long eyebrows: (S, K:) or having narrow and arched eyebrows: (A:) [or having arched eyebrows: see زَجَجٌ :] or having narrow and long and full and arched eyebrows: (TA:) fem. زَجَّآءُ , (A, K,) applied to a woman: (A:) [pl. زُجٌّ :] and one says also أَزَجُّ الحَوَاجِبِ [meaning the same]. (L.) It is likewise applied to the eyebrow [as meaning Narrow and long: or narrow and arched: &c.]: (A, TA:) and so مُزَجَّجٌ : (TA:) or the former signifies an eyebrow narrow and long [&c.] naturally: and ↓ the latter, rendered so artificially. (MF.) And الأَزَجُّ is a name for The eyebrow [itself] in the dial. of El-Yemen. (TA.) Also, applied to a male ostrich, Long in step: (S, K:) or longlegged and long in step: (L:) or that runs throwing out his legs: (TA:) or having white feathers above his eyes: (K:) fem. زَجَّآءُ : (S:) and pl. زُجٌّ (K.) And, applied to a man, Long-legged. (L.) Also, applied to a solid hoof, Wide. (TA in art. صر . [See زَجَجٌ , last sentence.])

Nounمُزَجٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a spear fitted with a pointed iron footgenerated

A spear having a زُجّ [q. v.] fixed on it.

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A spear having a زُجّ [q. v.] affixed to it. (ISk, S.)

Nounمِزَجٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a short spear with an iron foot at its lower endgenerated

A short spear, like the مِزْرَاق, having at its lower end a زُجّ [q. v.].

Sometimes used as meaning one that transpierces, or passes through, quickly.

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A short spear, like the مِزْرَاق , (S, K, TA,) having at its lower extremity a زُجّ [q. v.]: and sometimes used as meaning one that transpierces, or passes through, quickly. (TA.)

Nounمِزَجَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an instrument with which the eyebrow is shapedgenerated

An instrument with which the eyebrow is made such as is termed أَزَجُّ [or narrow and long, or narrow and arched, etc.].

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An instrument with which the eyebrow is made such as is termed أَزَجُّ [or narrow and long, or narrow and arched, &c.]. (TA.)

Nounمُزَجَّجٌ1 sense

Core sense — made narrow and long, said of an eyebrow shaped artificiallygenerated

See أَزَجُّ, in two places.

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: see أَزَجُّ in two places.

Nounمَزْجُوجٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — pierced with the iron foot of a spear; a large bucket sewn along its edgesgenerated

Pierced, or thrust, with the زُجّ [q. v.] of a spear; and cast at with it.

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Also a large bucket not made round, but having its two lips [or opposite edges] put together and then sewed.

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Pierced, or thrust, with the زُجّ [q. v.] of a spear. (S, TA.) And Cast at therewith. (TA.) Also A large bucket ( غَرْبٌ ) not made round, but having its two lips [or opposite edges] put together, and then sewed. (K.)