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جِذْمَةٌ ذ A piece cut off (S, K) of a rope &c., (S,) or of a thing of which the extremity has been cut off, the lower, or principal, part remaining; (K;) as also ↓ جِذْمٌ . (TA.) ― -b2- A whip: (S, K:) because it becomes cut by that which is beaten with it. (TA.) ― -b3- The part of a whip of which the slender extremity has become much cut [by use], the lower, or principal, part remaining; pl. جِذَمٌ: (L, TA:) or the remaining part of a whip; its lower, or principal, portion. (As, TA.) ― -b4- A thick piece of wood, having fire at the end of it or not; [i. e. a brand, or fire-brand;] like جِذْوَةٌ. (AO, S and TA in art. جذو.) ― -b5- (assumed tropical:) A company of men [as though cut off from others]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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