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خَدٌّ خد , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) of the masc. gender (Lh, K) only, (Lh,) and ↓ خُدَّةٌ , with damm, (K,) but the latter is rare, (TA,) The cheek; the part extending from the circuit of the eye (المَحْجِر [in the CK المِحْجَن]) to the part where the beard grows, on either side of the face: (L, Msb, K:) or from the outer angle of each eye to the extremity of the side of the mouth: or the part bordering upon the nose, on either side: (L, K:) each of the خَدَّانِ, in the face: (S:) pl. of the former خُدُودٌ: (Msb, TA:) it has no other pl. (TA.) ― -b2- The former is also sing. of خُدُودٌ meaning (tropical:) The planks on the right and left of the دَفَّتَانِ [or two boards that lie against the camels' sides] of the [vehicles termed] هَوَادِج (As, A, TA) and غُبُط: (As, TA:) or خَدٌّ signifies the plank (صَفِيحَة) of the هَوْدَج: and the pl. is أَخِدَّةٌ, (K,) [a pl. of pauc., but] contr. to rule, (TA,) and (pl. of mult., TA) خِدَادٌ and خِدَّانٌ. (K.) ― -b3- Also (tropical:) A side, or lateral portion, of a [tract of high and rugged ground such as is termed] قُفّ. (A, TA.) ― -b4- And (tropical:) An assembly, a company, or a congregated body, (K, TA,) of men: (TA:) a rank, or class, of men: (A, L:) and a race, or generation, of men. (L.) You say, رَأَيْتُ خَدًّا مِنَ النَّاسِ (assumed tropical:) I saw a rank, or class, of men. (L.) And قَتَلْنَا, (A,) or قَتَلَهُمْ, (L,) خَدًّا فَخَدًّا, (A, L,) (tropical:) We slew, (A,) or he slew them, (L,) rank after rank, (A, L,) and class after class. (A.) And مَضَىَ خَدٌّ مِنَ النَّاسِ (assumed tropical:) A race, or generation, of men passed away. (L.) -A2- A road. (IAar, K.) ― -b2- See also أُخْدُودٌ, in four places.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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