Applied to a she-camel, That is in the midst of the other camels: (S:) or that is usually in the midst of the other camels when they come to water. (M, K.)
3.
See also 1, last sentence.
4.
Also, (M, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, مَدْفُون,]) applied to a camel and to a human being, That goes his own way, at random, or heedlessly, without need; and so ↓مِدْفَانٌ. (M, K.)
5.
See also دَفْنٌ. In like manner one says حَسَبٌ دَفُونٌ (assumed tropical:) Obscure grounds of pretension to respect or honour. (AZ, T.)