وظف
2 وَظَّفَ عَلَيْهِ العَمَلَ He appointed him the work. (
Msb.)
b2: وَظَّفَ عَلَيْهِمُ الخَرَاجَ [He assessed them their rates of the خراج]. (
Mgh in art. قسط.) وَظِيفٌ
, in every quadruped, What is above the رُسْغ [or pastern], to the joint of the سَاق: in the fore-leg of a horse, what is beneath the knee, to the جُبَّة; and in the hind-leg, what is between the كعب [or hock] and the جُبَّة:
accord. to
IAar, in a camel, from the رُسغ [or pastern], to the knee in the fore-leg, and in the hind-leg to the عُرْقُوب [or hock]: (
M,
TT:) [the shank, fore and hind].
b2: See جُبَّةٌ, and حَوْشَبٌ, and رُكْبَةٌ.
b3: 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. (
S,
K.) That which is broad, in the hind-leg, is preferred; and that which is gibbous in the foreleg. (
S.) [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 (in the fore-leg) and the metatarsus (in the kind-leg): 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.]
b4: The bone of the سَاق. (
L, art. زج.)
b5: مَوْصِلُ الوَظِيفِ The fetlock-joint. (
S,
K,
voce رُسْغٌ.) وَظِيفَةٌ A daily allowance, or portion, of food, or the like. (
S,
K.)
b2: وَظِيفَةٌ also An appointed part-payment, or instalment, due at a particular period. (
Mgh,
Msb, in art. نجم.)
b3: وَظِيفَةٌ مِنْ خَرَاجِ الأَرْضِ [An assessed rate of the land-tax].
S,
voce طَسْقٌ.)
