دَرْءٌ
1.
and verbal noun of 1 in senses pointed out above. (S, M, &c.) So of that verb said of a torrent. (TA.) [Hence,] جَايءَ السَّيْلُ دَرْءًا and
دُرْءًا
The torrent rushed, or poured forth with vehemence, [or came rushing, &c.,] from a place, (M, K,) or from a distant place, (TA,) unknown: (M, K, TA:) or the latter signifies the torrent came from a distant land or tract. (S.) And جَاءَ
الوَادِى دُرْءًا
The valley flowed with the rain of another valley: if with its own rain, you say, سَالَ ظَهْرًا: (IAar, M; and the like is said in the TA in the present article and in article ظهر:) or سال
دُرْءًا means it flowed with other than its own rain; and ظَهْرًا, “ with its own rain. ” (TA in article ظهر.) Hence
الدُّرْءُ has been metaphorically used by a rájiz to signify (tropical:) The flowing of water from the mouths of camels into their insides. (M.)
2.
A bending; (TA;) a crookedness, or curvity; (S, M, K, TA;) in a cane, or spearshaft, and the like; (M, K;) or in a staff, and anything that is hard to straighten: (T, TA:) plural دُرُوْءٌ. (M.) One says, أَقَمْتُ دَرْءٌ فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) I rectified the crookedness and opposition, or resistance, of such a one. (S.) And hence, بِيءْرٌ ذَاتُ دَرْءٍ
A well having a part [of its shaft] projecting, or protuberant. (S, O.) And طَرِيقٌ ذُو دُرُوْءٍ
A road having furrows, (M, * K, *) or abrupt, water-worn, ridges, (T, S, M,) and protuberances, and the like. (T.)
3.
The extremity, or edge, of a thing; because it repels therewith. (Ham p. 213.)
4.
A portion of a mountain that projects, or juts out, from the rest, (M, K, TA, and Ham p. 213 in explanation of the plural,) unexpectedly: (TA:) plural as above. (M.)
5.
See also 1, last sentence.