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جَفْلٌ جفل : see اجْفِيلٌ. It is an inf. n. used as an epithet; and means A people, or party, fleeing quickly; as also ↓ جَفَالَةٌ . (Msb.) ― -b2- Also A cloud that has poured forth its mater and gone away (S, K) quickly; (S;) because it is then lighter and quicker. (Har p. 373.) ― -b3- A ship; (K;) because the wind drives it along (تَجْفِلُهَا): (TA:) pl. جُفُولٌ. (K.) -A2- Ants: black ants: (K:) large black ants: (TA:) a dial. var. of جَثْلٌ. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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