ذُكْرَةٌ

2.
and ذَكَرٌ, in two places.
3.
Also (tropical:) A piece of steel that is added [to the edge of a sword and] to the head of an axe &c. (K, * TA.)
4.
And (tropical:) Sharpness of a sword: [see also ذُكْرٌ:] and of a man. (S, A, K.) You say, ذَهَبَتْ ذُكْرَةُ السَّيْفِ, and ذُكْرَةُ الرَّجُلِ, (tropical:) The sharpness of the sword, and the sharpness of the man, went. (S, A.)

Perseus ID: n13931