مُقَيِّدَةُ الحِمَارِ

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(L) [in the CK, مُقَيَّدَةُ الحِمَارِ, and in most copies of the K, according to the TA, الخِمَارِ,] (assumed tropical:) A stony tract, of which the stones are black and worn and crumbling, as though burned with fire; synonym حَرَّةٌ: (L, K: [in a copy of the K, حُرَّةٌ] so called because it impedes the ass, [in the TA, article حمر, the wild ass,] as though it shackled him. (L.)
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Hence, (L,) بَنُو مُقَيِّدَةِ الحِمَارِ, (L,) in the K, بَنُو مَقَيَّدَةَ [with fet-h to the ى, and without الحمار] (TA,) [and in the CK, بَنُو مُقَيَّدٍ,] (assumed tropical:) Scorpions: (L, K:) so called because they are in a tract such as is called مقّيدةالحمار. (L.) [See an example in some verses cited voce رُمْحٌ.]

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