رَأْدٌ
1.
See رُوءْدٌ.
2.
[Hence,] رَأْدُ الضُّحَى (T, S, M, A, L, K) and
رَايءِدُهُ (K) (tropical:) The stage of the
ضُحَى [or period after sunrise] that is termed the
شَبَاب
of the day; (A;) i. e., when the sun has risen high, (T, S, A, K, TA,) one fifth of the day having passed: (A, TA:) or the brightness thereof: or the period after the spreading of the sunshine and the time when the sun has become high. (M.)
3.
Also الرَّأْدُ (S, M, A, and so according to some copies of the K) and
الرُّوءْدُ, (S, M, and so according to some copies of the K,) or رَأْدُ اللَّحْىِ, (T,) and
الرَّأْدَةُ and
الرُّوءْدَةُ likewise, (according to some copies of the K, [but these I do not find in this sense in any other lexicon,]) or الرُوءْدَةُ only of all these, (according to other copies of the K, in some of which it is written without ء,) The root of the jaw-bone (أَصْلُ اللَّحْىِ), (T, S, M, A, K,) that projects beneath the ear: (T:) or the part of the jaw-bone whence the molar teeth (الأَضْرَاس) grow: or the رَأْدَانِ are the two thin extremities of the
لَحْيَانِ [meaning the two sides of the lower jaw-bone], which are in their upper part, sharp, and curved, and suspended in two holes beneath the two ears: (M:) plural أَرْادٌ. (S.)
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