A fragment; a piece of a thing that is broken: (S, K:) and any piece [of a thing]: (TA:) plural قِصَدٌ. (S, K.) Ex. القَنَا قِصَدٌ [The spears are broken into fragments]. (S.)
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قِصْدَةٌمِنْ عَظْمٍA piece of a bone; meaning, a third, or a quarter, of the thigh, or arm, or skin, or shoulder; (M, L;) less than the half; as much as the third, or quarter. (IKtt.)