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رِفَاقٌ ذ The cord that is used for the purpose described in the explanation of رَفَقَ النَّاقَةَ, (S, O, K,) or in the explanation of رَفَقَ البَعِيرَ. (JK.) [See 1, in the latter part of the paragraph.] So in the saying of Bishr, (S,) i. e. of Bishr Ibn-Abee- Házim, (O,) “ فَإِِنِّى وَالشَّكَاةَ مِنَ الِ لَأْىٍ
كَذَاتِ الضِغْنِ تَمْشِى فِى الرِّفَاقِ
” (O,) or وَآلَ لَامٍ, (S, O,) accord. to different readings: (O:) [i. e. And verily I, with respect to the fault, or the complaint, of the family of Läy, or and the family of Lám, am like her that yearns towards, or longs for, her home, or accustomed place, going along with her arm and shank in the رفاق]: he says, I am withheld from satirizing them, like as this she-camel that yearns towards, or longs for, her home, or accustomed place, is bound and withheld; but if they do not what I approve, I will let loose my tongue with satirizing them. (O.) ― -b2- Also A thing in form like a finger, made for the teat of a she-camel when she is affected with the [disorder termed] رَفَق: it is stuffed with dates, and then the صِرَار [q. v.] is bound over it, in order that it [the teat] may be cured. (JK.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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