قَدْحَةٌ

A single act of striking, or producing, fire. (IAth, K, TA.)

And hence, (tropical:) An elicitation, by examination, of the real state or nature of a case or an affair. (IAth, TA.)

And A single act of lading out broth [&c. with a ladle]. (L, in so in the CK.)

See also what next follows.