مِذْوَدٌ

[An instrument for driving, driving away, or repelling.

] (tropical:) A spear, or short spear, with which one repels from, or defends, himself. (A.)

(tropical:) The horn of a bull, (T, A, K,) with which he repels from, or defends, himself. (A.)

(tropical:) The tongue: (S, M, A, K:) because with it a man defends his honour. (M.) Hassán Ibn-Thábit says,

لِسَانِى وَسَيْفِى صَارِمَانِ كِلَاهُمَا

وَيَبْلُغُ مَا لَا يَبْلُغُ السَّيْفُ مِذْوَدِى

(tropical:) [My tongue and my sword are sharp, both of them; and my tongue reacheth what my sword will not reach]. (S, TA.)

(tropical:) [A man who defends well, or vigorously; as also ↓ مِذْوَادٌ:] you say رِجَالٌ مَذَاوِدٌ and مَذَاوِيدُ. (A.)

The manger (مِعْلَف, T, K, TA, in some copies of the K معتلف, TA) of a horse or similar beast. (T, K. [A manger is thus called in the present day.])