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صَوْقَعَةٌ ذ The place of the whiteness termed صُقْعَة in the head of a horse and of a bird &c.: (S:) or the middle of the head [in an absolute sense]: (O, K:) or the top, or uppermost part, [of the head, or] of the [cap called] كُمَّة, and of the turban. (O, K, TA: all in art. صفع. [See 1 in that art., where this last meaning is assigned to صَوْفَعَةٌ.]) ― -b2- And A turban [itself]: (O, K:) and any other thing that protects the head: (TA;) accord. to IDrd, a piece of rag which a woman puts upon her head as a protection. (O. See صِقَاعٌ, first sentence.) ― -b3- A piece of rag which is tied upon the top of the [kind of women's camel-vehicle called] هُوْدَج, and which the wind blows about. (TA.) ― -b4- The head [or top] of the [woman's face-veil called] بُرْقُع. (IAar, TA in this art. and voce شِبَامٌ [q. v.].) ― -b5- The hollow (وَقْبَة) [that is made in the upper part of a dish] of ثَرِيد [or crumbled bread moistened with broth]: (S, O, K, TA:) or the top, or upper part, of ثَرِيد. (TA.) ― -b6- Also The place of a battle in which is much smiting. (IDrd, O, K.)

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