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رِعْيَةٌ ذ a subst. from 1 in the first of the senses mentioned in this art.; i. e. [The act of cattle's pasturing, or their pasturing alone,] from رَعَتِ المَاشِيَةُ. (K.) ― -b2- [Also The act, or occupation, of keeping or tending, or of pasturing or feeding, animals.] You say [of a man], يُجِيدُ رِعْيَةَ الإِِبِلِ [He performs well the act of keeping or tending, or of pasturing or feeding, camels]. (S, K.) ― -b3- [And The act of watching, and waiting for the time of the disappearance, of the stars.] See a verse cited near the end of the first paragraph. -A2- Also Land in which are projecting stones that impede the plough. (K, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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