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سَعْدَانَةٌ ذ n. un. of سَعْدَانٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- سَعْدَانَةُ الثَّنْدُوَةِ The nipple of a woman's breast; as being likened to the [head of] prickles of the plant called سَعْدَان, as mentioned above: (S, K:) or سَعْدَانَةُ الثَّدْىِ, i. e. the blackness [or areola] around the nipple: (A:) or the part surrounding the ثَدْى [here meaning nipple], like the whirl of a spindle. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence likewise,] سَعْدَانَةٌ signifies also The knot of the شِسْع [or appertenance that passes between two of the toes and through the sole] of the sandal, (S, A, K,) beneath, (A, K,) next the ground; (S;) also called رُغْبَانَةٌ. (K in art. رغب.) ― -b4- And The knot beneath the scale of a balance: (K, * TA:) the knots beneath the scale of a balance (S, A) are called its سَعْدَانَات. (A.) ― -b5- And the pl., سَعْدَانَاتٌ, Things in the lower parts of the [tendons, or sinews, called] عُجَايَة, resembling nails (أَظْفَار). (S, K.) ― -b6- Also the sing., The callous protuberance upon the breast of the camel, (S, A, K,) upon which he rests when he lies down: (A, TA:) so called because of its roundness. (TA.) ― -b7- And The anus: (K:) or the sphincter thereof. (TA.) ― -b8- And The part of the vulva of a mare where the veretrum enters. (TA.) -A2- Also A pigeon: or السَّعْدَانَةُ is the name of a certain pigeon. (K, *, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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