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غَرْزٌ ذ The stirrup (S, Mgh, K) of the camel's saddle, (S, Mgh,) made of skin, (S, K,) sewed; (TA;) that of iron [or brass] or wood being called رِكَابٌ; (S;) the camel's stirrup: (Msb:) IAar says that it is to the she-camel like the حِزَام to the horse: but others say, that it is to the camel like the رِكَاب, to the mule. (TA.) You say, اِلْزَمْ غَرْزَ فُلَانٍ [lit. Keep thou to the stirrup of such a one; meaning,] (tropical:) keep thou to the commands and prohibitions of such a one. (K, TA.) And اُشْدُدْ يَدَيْكَ بِغَرْزِهِ (tropical:) Cleave thou to him, (A, K,) and leave him not. (A.) And it is said in a trad., اِسْتَمْسِكْ بِغَرْزِهِ, meaning, (tropical:) Cling thou to him, and follow what he says and does, and disobey him not; like as one lays hold upon the stirrup of the rider and goes with him. (TA.) -A2- Also sing. of غُرُوزٌ, which signifies Sprigs ingrafted upon the branches of the grape-vine. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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