جُفَاءٌ

The rubbish and scum cast forth by the torrent of a valley, and by a cooking-pot. (Er-Rághib, TA.) [See also article جفأ.]

And hence, as being likened to the جُفَاء of the torrent, (tropical:) The first, or foremost, of men, or people. (TA.) [But see article جفأ.]