1 ضَفَرَ ذ , (A, Msb, K,) aor. ضَفِرَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. ضَفْرٌ, (S, A, &c.,) He plaited, braided, or interwove, (S, A, Mgh, K,) hair, (S, Mgh, K,) &c., (S,) or the like, (TA,) or a [lock of hair, such as is called] ذُؤَابَة, and a [girth of thongs such as is called] نِسْع, (A,) in a wide form; (S, Mgh;) as also ↓ ضفّر , inf. n. تَضْفِيرٌ: (S, TA:) he made hair into ضَفَائِر, [pl. of ضَفِيرَةٌ,] each ضَفِيرَة consisting of three or more distinct portions. (Msb.) ― -b2- He twisted a rope or cord. (K.) ― -b3- ضَفَرَتْ شَعَرَهَا, (S, TA,) aor. ضَفِرَ , (TA,) inf. n. as above, (K,) said of a woman, (S, TA.) She gathered together her hair. (K, * TA.) ― -b4- And ضَفَرَ, from the same verb in the first of the senses expl. above, (tropical:) He made, or constructed, a [dam of the kind called] ضَفِيرَة. (IAar, TA.) ― -b5- ضَفْرٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) The building with stones without [the cement called] كِلْس and without clay. (K, * TA.) You say, ضَفَرَ الحِجَارَةَ حَوْلَ بَيْتِهِ (assumed tropical:) [He built the stones around his house, or tent, without mortar or clay]. (TA.) ― -b6- ضَفَرَ البَعِيرَ العلَفَ, (A,) inf. n. ضَفْرٌ, (K,) (tropical:) He put the fodder into the mouth of the camel, (A, K, *) against his will. (A.) And ضَفَرَ الفَرَسَ لِجَامَهُ, (A,) or ضَفَرَ الدَّابَّةَ, aor. ضَفِرَ , inf. n. ضَفْرٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He put the bit into the mouth of the horse, (A,) or of the beast. (TA.) -A2- Also ضَفَرَ, aor. ضَفِرَ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. ضَفْرٌ, (S, Msb,) He ran; syn. عَدَا and سَعَى: (S, Msb, K:) or he hastened, or went quickly: or he bounded, or sprang: (TA:) he leaped (As, K) in his running. (As, TA.)
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