وَأْبٌ

1.
, as an epithet applied to a solid hoof, Strong, contracted in the edges, or in the fore edges, and light: (K:) or simply strong: (L, article رضح:) or round like a cup (such as is called قَعْبٌ); cup-shaped; (S, K;) and that takes [apparently meaning occupies] much of the ground: [(see also تَنَاهَبَ:) according to Freytag, hollowed within, so that it takes up (tollat) much earth:] (K:) or i. q. حفيظ: (Az, as cited in the TA:) [but this I incline to think a mistake for خَفِيفٌ light:] or of excellent size: (K:) or of moderate size; not wide, nor contracted. (T.)
2.
وَأْبُ الحَوَافِرِ Having hoofs contracted in the edges, or in the fore edges. (Az.) See also وَأْبٌ above.
3.
وَأْبٌ A large, or big, and wide, arrow: (K:) [but I think that, for مِنَ القِدَاحِ, in the K, we should read من الأقْدَاحِ; and that وأب is therefore an epithet applied to a cup, such as is called قَدَحٌ; as Golius and Freytag have understood it; and not to a قِدْح: see what follows]. إِنَاءٌ وَأْبٌ A large, or big, and wide, vessel: a wide vessel: plural أَوْابٌ. قدحٌ وأبٌ A large, or big, deep, and wide, [cup]. (TA.)
4.
قِدْرٌ وَأْبَةٌ A wide, or ample, cooking-pot. (TA.)
5.
See also وَثِيبٌ.
6.
وَأْبٌ A great camel: (S, K:) according to some. (S.)
7.
وَأْبَةٌ A short and broad she-camel, or woman. (TA.)
8.
A female of middling make, between good and bad, or handsome and ugly. (TA.)
9.
A small hollow, or cavity, in a rock, that retains water. (S, K.)
10.
بِيءْرٌ وَأْبَةٌ A wide and deep well: (K:) or a deep well. (L, K.)

Perseus ID: n41527