رَدَحَ البَيْتَ

, (S, K,) aorist رَدَحَ , (K,) verbal noun رَدْحٌ, (TA,) He inserted an oblong piece of cloth, (S, K,) such as is termed رُدْحَة, (TA,) in the hinder part of the tent; as also ↓ اردحهُ: (S, K:) or both signify he widened the tent: (A:) or he lowered, or let down, the curtain (رُدْحَة, or سُتْرَة,) at the hinder part of the tent. (L, and so in some copies of the K.)

Also (thus in the S, but in the K “ or ”) He put a thick coating, or covering, of clay, or mud, upon the house, or structure; and so ↓ اردحهُ. (S, K.)

رَدْحٌ also signifies The spreading a thing upon the ground, so that it becomes even; and so تَرْدِيحٌ [verbal noun of ↓ ردّح]; but it is said that the latter occurs only in poetry: or the former, according to Az, the spreading a thing so that its back [or upper surface] becomes even with the ground. (TA.)

And رَدَحَهُ He threw him down prostrate. (L.)

-A2- رَدُحَتْ, aorist رَدُحَ , verbal noun رَدَاحَةٌ, She (a woman) was, or became, such as is termed رَدَاح, i. e. heavy in the hips, or haunches; or large in the posteriors, heavy in the hips, or haunches, and perfect in make. (TA.)