غَفَرٌ

(S, K, TA) and ↓ غَفْرٌ (S, TA) and ↓ غُفَارٌ (S, K, TA) Hair like down, such as is upon the shank of a woman, and upon the forehead, and the like thereof: (S, TA:) or the hair of the neck, and of the jaws, and of the back of the neck; (K, TA;) as also ↓ غَفِيرٌ according to the copies of the K, but according to the L and other lexicons غَفْرٌ: and the small, short, hairs of the body. (TA.)

And غَفَرٌ signifies also The growth of hair in the place of the mane of a horse or similar beast. (TA.)

And The nap, or villous substance, upon the surface of a garment, or piece of cloth, (S, K, TA,) and the like thereof; (TA;) and ↓ غَفْرٌ signifies the same: (K, TA:) n. un. غَفْرَةٌ [and apparently غَفَرَةٌ]: and غَفَرٌ is also explained as signifying the هُدْب [apparently here meaning likewise nap, or pile, or perhaps the unwoven end,] of a garment, or piece of cloth, and [particularly] of the thin and soft sorts of what are termed خَمَايءِص and قُطُف [pls. of خَمِيصَةٌ and قَطِيفَةٌ]; but not the extremities of أَرْدِيَة and مَلَاحِف [pls. of رِدَاءٌ and مِلْحَفَةٌ]. (TA.)

And Small herbage; (K:) [or] a sort of small, sprouting herbage, of the [season called] رَبِيع, growing in plain, or soft, land, and upon the [eminences termed] اكام [plural of أَكَمَةٌ]; when green, resembling green passerine birds standing; and when it has dried up, resembling such as are red, not standing. (L, TA. *)