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أَقْفَدُ ذ Having the quality termed قَفَدٌ, as explained above, [app. in all the senses of this latter word]. (S, L.) See أَصْدَفُ. ― -b2- A man (S, L) who walks upon the fore parts of his feet, next the toes, his heels not reaching the ground: (S, L, K.) the verb is قَفِدَ. (K.) ― -b3- A slave (L) having rigid and contracted arms and legs, with short fingers and toes: (L, K:) the verb is قَفِدَ. (K.) ― -b4- A man having a laxness in the heels: fem. قَفْدَآءُ: and in like manner, an ostrich. (Lth, L.) ― -b5- A man weak, and with lax joints. The verb, applied to a member, is قَفِدَ, inf. n. قَفَدٌ. (L.) ― -b6- A man, and an ostrich, (L,) lax in the neck: (L, K:) the verb, applied to anything that has a neck, is قَفِدَ, aor. قَفَدَ , inf. n. قَفَدٌ: (IKtt:) or having a thick neck. (L, K.) ― -b7- A horse (S, L) having the pastern erect and advancing upon the hoof (S, L, K) of the hind foot. (AO, S, L.) See قَفَدٌ. ― -b8- A camel having his fore or hind foot inclining towards the inner side. (As, S, L.) See قَفَدٌ. ― -b9- عِمَّةٌ قَفْدَآءُ A well-known mode of winding the turban, different from the مَيْلَآء. (T.) See قَفِدَ.

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