كَفٌّ
1.
[generally The hand: sometimes, apparently, the palm only:] according to Az, the palm with the fingers. (Msb.)
2.
[Hence, A cake of the length and thickness of the hand: thus in the present day. See عُجَّالٌ.]
3.
كَفٌّ
A handful; what one takes with the hand, or grasps; synonym قُبْضَةٌ. (S, article قبض.)
4.
[ضَرَبَهُ كَفًّا
He struck him a slap with the hand.]
5.
[كَفٌّ often signifies The paw of a beast.]
6.
الكَفُّ الجَذْمَاءُ
The star
α of Cetus.
7.
الكَفُّ الخَضِيبُ
The
β of Cassiopeia.