سَحُوفٌ

A bucket (دَلْو) that takes, and bears away, the water that is in a well. (Seer, K.)

Also, applied to a she-camel, Of which the fat has gone away. (ISd, TA.)

And, applied to a sheep or goat, or to a ewe or she-goat, (شَاة,) Having a portion of fat such as is termed سَحْفَة, or two such portions of fat; as also أُسْحُوفٌ: (TA:) or, so applied, (S,) and applied to a she-camel, (S, K,) and to a he-camel, (K,) having abundance of سَحَايءِف, (S, * K, TA,) plural of سَحِيفَةٌ [q. v.]; or having abundance of the fat termed سَحْفَة. (TA.)

Also A she-camel long in the teats. (IDrd, K.)

And A she-camel narrow in the orifices of the teats. (IDrd, K.)

And A she-camel that drags her feet, or the extremities of her feet, upon the ground, in going along; (K, TA;) so say some; i. e., by reason of fatigue: a dialect var. of زَحُوفٌ. (TA.)

And A sheep, or ewe, thin in the wool of the belly. (K.)

In the K, three other meanings are erroneously assigned to this word; one of them belonging to سَحِيفَةٌ, and each of the others to سَحِيفٌ. (TA.)