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العُرَيْجَآءُ ذ [dim. of العَرْجَآءُ fem. of الأَعْرَجُ; and therefore, if without the article ال, imperfectly decl.;] The هَاجِرَة [or midday; or midday in summer, or when the heat is vehement; &c.]. (O, K.) ― -b2- And The coming, of camels, to water one day at noon, and one day in the morning between daybreak and sunrise: (As, S, O, K:) or their coming to water in the morning between daybreak and sunrise, then returning from the water and remaining the rest of the day in the pasturage, and the next night and day, and coming to the water again at night, then returning from the water, and remaining the rest of the night in the pasturage, and the next day and night, then coming to the water in the morning between daybreak and sunrise: this is one of the descriptions of رِفْه: or, as some say, their coming to water thrice every day; but this is strange. (TA.) ― -b3- Also A man's eating but once every day. (K.) One says, فُلَانٌ يَأْكُلُ العُرَيْجَآءَ Such a one eats but once every day. (O, TA.)

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