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8 اِدَّرَعَ أدرع ادرع درع ٱدرع He (a man) clad himself with a دِرْعٌ (S K) of iron [i. e. a coat of mail]; (K;) as also ↓ تدرّع . (S, K.) And اِدَّرَعَتْ She (a woman) clad herself with a دِرْع, (S, K,) i. e. a قَمِيص [or shift]. (S, TA.) ― -b2- ادّرع مِدْرَعَةً, and ↓ تدرّعها , and ↓ تَمَدْرَعَهَا , (Kh,) and ↓ تدرّع alone, (S,) and ↓ تَمَدْرَعَ , (S, K,) but this last is of weak authority, (S,) He clad himself with a مِدْرَعَة [q. v.]. (S, K,) ― -b3- ادّرع فُلَانٌ اللَّيْلِ (tropical:) Such a one entered into the darkness of the night, journeying therein; (K, TA;) like اِغْتَمَدَ اللَّيْلَ. (S and L in art. غمد.) Hence the saying, (TA,) شَمِّرْ ذَيْلًا وَا@دَّرِعْ لَيْلًا (tropical:) Use thou prudence, or precaution, or good judgment, and journey all the night. (S, K.) [See also art. شمر.] ― -b4- ادّرع الخَوْفَ (tropical:) He made fear as it were his innermost garment; by closely cleaving to it. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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