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قَائِمٌ ذ Appearing; conspicuous; [as though standing before one]: said of a thing whether standing or thrown down. (TA, in explanation of the phrase هٰذَا نُصْبُ عَيْنِى, art. نصب.) ― -b2- قَائِمَةٌ, pl. قَوَائِمُ, Leg of a horse, &c. ― -b3- عَيْنٌ قَائِمَةٌ An eye [blind, or white and blind, but still whole or] that has become white and blind, but not yet burst, (AZ in L, art. سد,) or sightless, but with the black still remaining. (Mgh, Msb.) ― -b4- قَائِمٌ and قَائِمَةٌ The hilt of a sword. (Msb.) ― -b5- قَائِمَةٌ A leg of a table, and of a throne, or moveable seat, &c. (JK.) See also قَامَةٌ; and see إِِسْنَادٌ. ― -b6- قَوَمَةُ بَيْتِ النَّارِ (K, art. هربذ.) The servants of the fire-temple. (TA, same art.) ― -b7- القَوَائِمُ The winds. So in a verse of Umeiyeh Ibn-Abi-s-Salt. (TA, voce سَدِرٌ.) ― -b8- قَوَائِمُ المَائِدَةِ [The legs of the table]. (K, art. عقر.) ― -b9- قَطٌّ قَائِمٌ A nibbing in which the pith and the exterior of the reed are made of equal length: opposed to مُصَوَّبٌ. (TA in art. حرف.) ― -b10- مَآءٌ قَائِمٌ Frozen water. And stagnant water: see حِبَاك.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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