قَوَدٌ

The slaying of the slayer for the slain: (Lth, L:) or i. q. قِصَاصٌ [which signifies the retaliation of slaughter, and of wounding, and of mutilation;] (S, L, Msb, K;) or slaughter for slaughter, and wounding for wounding. (TA, article قص.) Ex. طَلَبَ القَوَدَ مِنَ القَاتِلِ [He sought retaliation upon the slayer]. (A.)