خذرف
Q. 1 خَذْرَفَ, (
K,)
inf. n. خَذْرَفَةٌ, (
TA,) He hastened, sped, or went quickly. (
K.) and خَذْرَفَتْ, said of a [wild] she-ass, She hastened, sped, or went quickly, and threw out her legs. (
TA.) And, said of camels, They threw the pebbles with their feet by reason of quickness. (
K.)
A2: خَذْرَفَهُ He cut off his (a man's) extremities with a sword. (
K.)
b2: He sharpened it; namely, a sword. (
K.)
b3: He filled it; namely, a vessel. (Ibn-' Abbád,
K.)
Q. 2 تَخَذْرَفَ It (a garment, or piece of cloth,) became rent, or pierced with holes. (
TA.)
A2: تَخَذْرَفَتْهُ النَّوَى [The place which was the object of a journey] caused him to go forth, or depart; (
L,
K,
TA;) as also تَخَذْرَمَتْهُ. (
TA.) خَذْرَفَةٌ
inf. n. of
Q. 1.
A2: Also Roundness of the legs of an animal, or quadruped. (
TA.)
A3: And A piece of a garment or cloth. (
TA.) خِذْرَافٌ A certain plant of the spring, which dries up when it feels the [heat of] summer: (
Lth,
K:) or a species of the [kind called] حَمْض, (
AHn,
S,
K,) having a small leaf, and rising to the height of a cubit: (
AHn:) the latter is said by
Az to be the correct explanation: the former he disapproves: (
TA:)
n. un. with ة. (
S.) خُذْرُوفٌ [A kind of whirling plaything;] a thing which a boy turns round by means of a thread, or string, in his hands, causing it to make a sound such as is termed دَوِىّ: (
S,
K:) or a small piece of wood, or a slit, or split, reed or cane, in the middle of which is cut a notch, and which is then tied with a thread, or string, which being pulled, it turns round, and is heard to make a sound such as is termed حَفِيف: boys play with it; and it is also called خَرَّارَةٌ: (
Lth,
TA: [in the latter of which, in art. خر, the خرّارة is said to be a piece of wood like the half of a sandal, tied with a thread or string, which, being put in motion, draws along the piece of wood and causes it to make a sound:]) or a small, round, piece of skin, attached to which are two connected threads or strings, which being pulled by a boy, with his fingers, it turns round, causing a sound to be heard such as is termed دَوِىّ: (
EM p. 43:)
pl. خَذَارِيفُ. (
S.) Imra-el-Keys likens to it a swift horse: (
S:) and it is applied as an
epithet to a horse; (
Lth;) meaning Swift in his running, (
Lth,
K,
TA,) or in going. (
TA.) And one says, تَرَكَتِ السُّيُوفُ رَأْسَهُ خَذَارِيفَ, meaning (assumed
tropical:) The swords made his head to be pieces, each piece like the خذروف. (
S,
K.)
b2: Clay kneaded, and made like sugar, (يُعْمَلُ شَبِيهًا بِالسُّكَّرِ, in the
CK يُعْمَلُ منهُ شَبِيهًا بِالسُّكُّرِ, [the latter reading evidently wrong, and the former I think doubtful,]) with which boys play. (
K.)
b3: The piece of wood that is put [
app. as a handle] in the hole of the upper millstone. (
TA.)
b4: A herd of camels: and one separate therefrom. (
K.)
b5: Lightning gleaming, or shining brightly, in the clouds, and separate therefrom. (
K.)
b6: Anything scattered from, or of, a thing. (
L,
O,
K.)
b7: The خَذَارِيف of the هَوْدَج are The pieces of wood (سَقَائِف) with which the هودج is made of a square form. (
K.) [See also دَامِغَةٌ.]
رَجُلٌ مُتَخَذْرِفٌ A man of good natural disposition. (
TA.)