عُودٌ

Wood; timber; synonym خَشَبٌ: (Mgh, O, K:) any slender piece of wood or timber: (Lth, TA:) or a piece of wood of any tree, whether slender or thick: or a part, of a tree, in which sap runs, whether fresh and moist or dry: (TA:) a staff; a stick; a rod: and also a sprig: (the lexicons &c. passim:) a branch; or twig; properly, that is cut off; but also applied to one not cut off: (Har p. 499:) [and the stem of the raceme of a palm-tree, and the like: (see فَجَّانٌ, in article فج:)] plural [of mult.] عِيدَانٌ, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) originally عِوْدَانٌ, (Msb,) and [of pauc.] أَعْوَادٌ. (S, O, Msb, K.)

[Hence,] رَكَّبَ اللّٰهُ عُودًا عُودًا, (A,) or عُودًا عَلَى عُودٍ, (TA,) God caused the arrow to be put upon the bow, for shooting; (A;) meaning that civil war, or conflict, or faction, or sedition, became excited. (A, TA.)

And سَبِيلُ ذِى الأَعْوَادِ (assumed tropical:) Death: الاعواد meaning the pieces of wood upon which the dead is carried: (El-Mufaddal, Az, L:) for the Arabs of the desert, having no biers, put two pieces of wood together, and on them carry the dead to the grave. (Az, L.)

And العُودَانِ The pulpit and the staff of the Prophet. (Sh, O, K.)

And one says, هُوَ صُلْبُ العُودِ: (tropical:) see article صلب.

And هُوْ مِنْ عُودِ صِدْقٍ and سَوْءٍ (tropical:) [He is of a good branch and of a bad branch]. (TA.)

And it is said in a tradition of Shureyh, إِنَّمَا القَضَاءُ جَمْرٌ فَادْفَعِ الجَمْرَ عَنْكَ بِعُودَيْنِ [Verily the exercise of the judicial office is like the approaching live coals; and repel thou the live coals from thee by means of two sticks]: meaning, guard thyself well from the fire [of Hell] by means of two witnesses; like as he who warms himself by means of fire repels the live coals from his place with a stick or other thing that he may not be burned: or act firmly and deliberately in judging, and do thy utmost to repel from thee the fire [of Hell]. (L.)

عُودُ الصَّلِيبِ: see يَبْرُوحٌ.

العُودُ also signifies [Aloes-wood;] a well-known odoriferous substance; (Msb;) that with which one fumigates himself; (S, O, K; *) a certain aromatized wood, with which one fumigates himself; thus called because of its excellence: (L:) العُودُ الهِنْدِىُّ [which, like عُودُ البَخُورِ and عُودُ النَّدِّ and العُودُ القَمَارِىُّ and العُودُ القُاقُلِّىُّ, is a common, well-known, term for aloes-wood,] is said to be the same as القُسْطُ البَحْرِىُّ. (TA. [See article قسط.])

And A certain musical instrument, (S, O, L, Msb, K,) well known; (TA;) [the lute; which word, like the French “ luth,” &c., is derived from العُود: according to the L, it has four chords; but I have invariably found it to have seven double chords: it is figured and described in my work on the Modern Egyptians: in the present day it is generally played with a plectrum, formed of a slip of a vulture's feather; but in former times it seems to have been usually played upon with the tips of the fingers:] plural as above, عِيدَانٌ and أَعْوَادٌ. (Msb.)

And The bone [called os hyoides] at the root of the tongue; (O, K;) also called عُودُ اللِّسَانِ. (O.)

And أُمُّ العُودِ signifies The [portion, or appertenance, of the stomach of a ruminant animal, called] قِبَة, (O,) or قِبَّة, (K,) i. e. the فَحِث: (TA:) plural أُمَّهَاتُ العُودِ. (O.)