Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ذ

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2 ذرّع ذ , (S, K, &c.,) inf. n. تَذْرِيعٌ: (S:) see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- Also He spread himself out widely, (El-Moheet, L, K,) and stretched forth his fore arms, (El-Moheet, L,) in swimming: (El-Moheet, L, K:) said of a man. (El-Moheet, L.) ― -b3- He (a man) raised his fore arms; and particularly, in announcing good tidings or in warning: (TA:) or he (an announcer of good tidings) made a sign with his arm, or hand. (S, K.) ― -b4- ذرّع فِى المَشْىِ He moved about his fore arms in walking, or going along. (S, K.) And ذرّع فى السَّعْىِ, (L, TA,) in the O and Moheet and K, erroneously, فىالسَّقْىِ, (TA,) He helped himself with his arms, and moved them about, (O, El-Moheet, L, K,) in walking, or walking quickly, or running. (L.) ― -b5- ذرّع لِى شَيْئًا مِنْ خَبَرِهِ (tropical:) He acquainted me with somewhat of his tidings, or case; (K, TA;) [as though he stretched forth his arm with his information;] said by one who has asked another respecting his case. (TA.) ― -b6- [And hence, app.,] ذرّع بِكَذَا (assumed tropical:) He acknowledged, or confessed, such a thing. (K, TA.) ― -b7- ذرّع فُلَانًا and ذرّع لَهُ: see 1. ― -b8- [Hence, perhaps,] ذرّعهُ, inf. n. as above. (assumed tropical:) He killed him; or slew him. (TA.) ― -b9- ذرّع البَعِيرَ, and ذرّع لَهُ, He bound both of the arms of the camel [to the shanks]: (K:) and the latter, he bound the camel with the redundant part of his nose-rein upon his [the camel's] arm. (K, TA.) [See also تَذْرِيعٌ below.] ― -b10- تَذْرِيعٌ also signifies The tinging a captive's fore arm with crocus, or with خَلُوق, as a sign of slaughter; which was done in the time before Mohammad. (Meyd, cited by Freytag.) ― -b11- [See also the act. and pass. part. ns., below.]