ذَفَافٌ

a subst. from ذَفَّ عَلَيْهِ [and as such signifying The act, or a means, of despatching a wounded man; i. e., hastening and completing his slaughter: and hence, of finishing a thing]. (ElHejeree, M, K.) A poet says, referring to a draught of water,

تَكُونُ شِفَاءَ أَوْ ذَفَافًا لِمَا بِيَا

[That may be a cure, or a means of finishing, of what is in me, i. e., of what I am suffering]. (El-Hejeree, M.)