طَرِيدَةٌ

[a subst. from طَرِيدٌ, rendered so by the the affix ة,] A wild animal, or the like, that is coursed, hunted, snared, entrapped, or caught: (S, L, K, TA:) plural طَرَايءِدُ. (TA.) The female that is the object of the chase of a male [wild] ass. (M * and K * and MF, all in article الب.)

And A number of camels driven away together, i. e., (S,) camels that are stolen: (S, K:) a number of camels attacked by a troop of horsemen and driven away. (A, L.)

(assumed tropical:) A cane wherein is a notch (حُزَّة), which is put upon spindles and arrows, (S, L, K,) and upon a stick, (L,) and thus used for planing them: (S, L, K:) (tropical:) i. q. سَفَنٌ, (AHeyth, A, L,) i. e. a cane which is hollowed, and has some notches cut in it, (AHeyth, L,) through which an arrow is put (AHeyth, A, L) and repeatedly drawn [to smooth it]: (AHeyth, A:) or a small piece of wood, in the form of a water-spout, as though it were the half of a cane, of the size required by the bow or arrow [which are to be smoothed therewith]. (AHn, L.)

(tropical:) An oblong piece (A, K) of a garment (A) or of silk: (K:) or a long strip (AA, IAar, TA) of rag (AA, TA) or of silk. (IAar, TA.) (assumed tropical:) A piece of rag, which is moistened, or wetted, and with which the [kind of oven called] تَنُّور is wiped; as also مِطْرَدَةٌ. (K.)

And (tropical:) A narrow strip of herbage (A, * K, TA) and of land. (K, TA.)

And (tropical:) The line, or streak, (خُطَّة,) between the rump-bone and withers. (L.)

See also طَرِيدٌ, last sentence.

الطَّرِيدَةُ is also the name of A certain game (K, TA) of the boys of the Arabs of the desert, (TA,) called by the vulgar المَسَّةُ, (K, TA,) and some say المَاسَّةُ, (TA,) and الضَّبْطَةُ: when the hand of the player falls upon the body or head or shoulder of another, it is [said to be] المَسَّةُ; and when it falls upon the leg, or foot, it is الأَسْنُ: (K, TA:) but this [apparently meaning الأَسْنُ] is not of established authority: it was also played by girls. (TA.)