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دُجْيَةٌ دجيه دجية : see دُجًا, in art. دجو. -A2- Also The lurking-place, or covert, (قُتْرَة,) of a hunter: (S, K:) pl. دُجًى. (S.) ― -b2- And A bee-hive. (KL.) -A3- Of a bow, (K, TA,) A piece of skin (TA) of the measure of two fingers, put at the extremity of the thong, or strap, by which the bow is suspended, (K, TA,) having a ring in which is the extremity of the thong, or strap: but the word mentioned by IAar as having this meaning is ↓ دُجَةٌ , when he says that the دُجَة is at [the distance of] four fingers from the notch of the bow into which enters the ring that is at the end of the string. (TA.) ― -b2- And A sinew with which a bow is covered in the part of the stave that is held by the hand, lest it should break. (Sgh, TA.) [Golius says, as on the authority of the S, in which I find nothing of the kind, that it signifies A black patch, with which the extremity of a bow is covered for the sake of ornament.] ― -b3- Red wool: pl. as above. (TA.) -A4- The young one of the bee: pl. as above. (TA.) And [hence,] أُمُّ دُجْيَةٍ The bee. (T in art. ام.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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