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مُرِدٌّ ذ A ewe or she-goat (S, K) or other animal (S) secreting milk in her udder before bringing forth: (S, K:) or a she-camel having her udder shining, and infused with milk; (Ks, M, L;) as also مُرْمِدٌ: (Ks, L:) and any female near to bringing forth, and having her belly and udder large. (M, L.) And A she-camel having her udder and vulva inflated, or swollen, in consequence of her lying upon moist ground: or whose vulva is swollen in consequence of lust for the stallion: or having her أَرْفَاغ [or groins, or inguinal creases, or the like], or her udder, and her vulva, swollen in consequence of drinking much water: (M, L:) and a he-camel, (T, K,) and a she-camel, (T, L,) heavy from drinking much water: pl. مَرَادُّ. (T, L, K.) ― -b2- Also, [app. from the first of the meanings explained in this paragraph,] A man who has been long without a wife, or absent from his home, (T, * L, * K,) and whose seminal fluid has in consequence returned into his back; (T, L;) as also ↓ مَرْدُودٌ . (K.) And [hence,] (assumed tropical:) Very libidinous; (S, K;) applied to a man. (S.) And (assumed tropical:) [Swollen with anger; see 4: or] angry. (K.) One says, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ مُرِدَّ الوَجْهِ Such a one came angry [in countenance]. (S.) ― -b3- Also A sea (T, S) tumultuous with waves; syn. مَوَّاجٌ: (K:) having many waves: (S:) or having much water. (T.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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