غَفًى

The refuse that is taken forth from wheat, and thrown away, (Fr, S, TA,) such as [the noxious weed called] زُوءَان [q. v.]; (S;) a thing that is in wheat, such as زوءان, (K, TA,) and other refuse: (TA:) or the straw [thereof]; (K, TA;) according to IAar, the bad, that is thrown away, of wheat; as also ↓ غَفَاءٌ. (Az, TA.)

Also, (thus according to ISd in all the senses here following in this paragraph that are found in the K, as is said in the TA, and thus in some copies of the K,) or ↓ غُفَاءٌ, (thus in the copies of the K followed in the TA,) i. q. غُثَاءٌ [i. e. The rubbish, or small rubbish, or particles of things, or refuse, and scum, and rotten leaves mixed with the scum, of a torrent]. (K, TA.)

And Fragments, or broken portions, of wheat: (K, TA;) or the stalks thereof. (TA.)

And A blight incident to palm-trees, like dust falling upon the unripe dates, preventing their becoming ripe, (S, K, TA,) and rendering them tasteless. (S [in which the word thus explained is غَفًى] and TA.) And A thick crust that comes upon unripe dates: [see 4 in article غفر:] or, as some say, bad dates, that become [apparently in the skin] thick, or coarse, and like the wings of locusts. (TA.)

And A disease incident to straw, rendering it bad. (TA.)

Also Such as they drive away, or expel, of their camels. (K, TA.)

And غَفًى signifies also The bad of anything. (TA.)

And The low, vile, mean, or sordid; or the lower, viler, &c.; or the refuse, or rabble; of mankind. (TA.)