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غِفَارَةٌ ذ : see مِغْفَرٌ, in three places. ― -b2- Also A piece of rag worn beneath the مِقْنَعَة [q. v.], by which a woman preserves it from the oil or grease [on her head]: (S: [accord to one of my copies of the S, “ preserves her head: ” ]) or a piece of rag by which a woman preserves her خِمَار [q. v.] from the oil or grease: (K:) or a piece of rag with which a woman covers the fore part and the hind part (but not the middle) of her head. (TA.) ― -b3- [And A cloth that is spread upon the camel-litter. (Freytag, from the Deewán of the Hudhalees.)] ― -b4- And A patch (رُقْعَة) that is put upon the notch, (S, K,) or a piece of skin which is upon the head, (TA,) upon which runs the string, of the bow. (S, K, TA.) ― -b5- And A cloud (S, K) that is as though it were (S) above another cloud. (S, K.) ― -b6- And The head of a mountain. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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