غَارِفَةٌ
1.
, applied to a she-camel, Swift; plural غَوَارِفُ: and one says also
خَيْلٌ مَغَارِفُ [Swift horses; apparently likened, in respect of the action of their fore legs, to men lading out water with their hands; for it is added,] كَأَنَّهَا تَغْرِفُ الجَرْىَ: and فَارِسٌ
مِغْرَفٌ [A swift horseman]. (O, K.)
2.
الغَارِفَة which is forbidden by the Prophet is a word of the measure فَاعِلَة in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَة, (O, K,) like رَاضِيَة in the phrase عِيشَةٌ
رَاضِيَةٌ, (O,) and means What a woman cuts, and makes even, or uniform, fashioned in the manner of a
طُرَّة [q. v., but for مُطَرَّرَةً, the reading of the K given in the TA, the CK and my MS. copy of the K have مُطَرَّزَة, and thus too has the O but without the teshdeed], upon the middle of her
جَبِين [here meaning forehead]: (O, K, TA:) thus says Az: (TA:) or it is a verbal noun, meaning الغَرْف, like اللَّاغِيَة (O, K, TA) and الرَّاغِيَة and الثَّاغِيَة; (O, TA;) or, according to Az, it is a subst. similar to رَاغِيَة and لَاغِيَة; and the meaning is, the clipping of the front hair, fashioned in the manner of a
طُرَّة (مُطَرَّرَةً), upon the
جَبِين: or, according to El-Khattábee, the meaning is, the clipper of her front hair on the occasion of an affliction. (TA.)