Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ض

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1 ضَفَّهُ ذ , (O, K,) aor. ضَفُ3َ , inf. n. ضَفٌّ, (O,) He collected it together. (O; K,) ― -b2- And ضَفَّ, [app. for ضَفَّ أَصَابِعَهُ,] (Fr, O, K;) aor. and inf. n. as above, (Fr, O,) said of one warming himself, He closed his fingers together and put them near to the fire. (Fr, O, K.) ― -b3- And ضَفَّ النَّاقَةَ, (S, O, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) He milked the camel with the whole hand; (S, O, K, TA;) because of the largeness of the dug; mentioned by Az, on the authority of Ks; (TA;) a dial. var. of ضَبَّهَا: (S, O:) or, accord. to Fr, the doing thus is termed الضَّفُّ; but الضَّبُّ signifies “ the putting one's thumb upon the teat and then turning his fingers over the thumb and the teat together: ” or, as is said on other authority, الضَّفُّ signifies the clasping the two teats together with the hand when milking: [but this is also said to be the meaning of الضَّبُّ:] or, as Lh says, the grasping the teat with all one's fingers. (TA.) -A2- ضَفَّ القَوْمُ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ, or المَآءِ, [aor. app. ضَفِ3َ or ضَفَ3َ , or both,] inf. n. ضَفٌّ and ضَفَفٌ, [see the latter of these below,] The people, or party, pushed, pressed, crowded, or thronged, together upon the food, or the water. (TK.) [See also what next follows.]