مِجْرَفَةٌ مجرف مجرفه مجرفة A broom, or besom; (K;) a thing with which mud is swept away from the surface of the ground: (S, * TA:) [applied in the present day to a shovel: and a hoe: and a rake:] as also ↓ مِجْرَفٌ : vulgarly, ↓ جُرَّافَةٌ ; [now applied by many to a drag for dragging rivers &c.;] of which the pl. is جَرَارِيفُ. (TA.)
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