catapult, machine of war

, (AHn, S, O, K,) aor. , inf. n. عُرُودٌ, (AHn, S, O,) It (a plant, and a canine tooth, &c.,) came forth, and became high, or tall: (S, O, K:) or it (a plant) came forth, and became high, or tall, and hard: (AHn, TA:) and it (a canine tooth, and a plant,) came forth altogether, and became hard and erect: it (a camel's tush) became thick and strong: and it (a tree) came forth: or became crooked: or became thick and great; as also ↓ اعرد. (TA.) -A2- عَرَدَ الحَجَرَ, (K,) aor. , inf. n. عَرْدٌ, (TA,) He threw the stone far. (K, TA.) ― -b2- عرد بِحَاجَتِنَا [app. عَرَدَ] He did not accomplish our want. (TA.) -A3- عَرِدَ: see the next paragraph, in two places.

, inf. n. تَعْرِيدٌ, He (a man, S) fled; (IAar, S, O, K;) as also ↓ عَرِدَ, aor. . (IAar, O, K.) He drew back, or drew back in fear, عَنْ قِرْنِهِ from his adversary: or he went away quickly, being put to flight. (TA.) He (a man) quitted the road: (O, K:) or he quitted the right direction of the road, and turned aside from it. (TA.) And عرّد عَنْهُ He turned aside, and went to a distance, or far away, from him, or it. (A.) ― -b2- It (a star) rose high: and also it inclined to set after it had culminated: (O, K:) [or] it set. (A.) It (water) rose high. (A.) ― -b3- And He, or it, descended, or alighted. (MF.) ― -b4- عرّد السَّهْمُ فِى الرَّمِيَّةِ The arrow penetrated into the inside of the animal at which it was shot and its extremity went forth from the other side. (Aboo-Nasr, O, K.) -A2- And عرّد, inf. n. تَعْرِيدٌ; (TA;) or ↓ عَرِدَ; (thus in the O, as on the authority of IAar;) He (a man, TA) became strong in body after disease. (IAar, O, TA.)

see 1.

He was put to flight: (Freytag, from the “ Fákihet el-Khulafà, ” p. 93, 1. 27:) probably post-classical.]

A thing, (S, O,) or anything, (TA,) hard: (S, O:) or strong, hard, and erect: (Lth, O, K:) or thick; (As, AHn, O;) as also ↓ عَارِدٌ and عُرُدٌ [correctly ↓ عُرُدٌّ] and عُرَيْدٌ [evidently a mistranscription for ↓ عُرُنْدٌ] and ↓ عَرِدٌ: (AHn, O:) and ↓ عَرَنْدَدٌ, (S, O, K,) quasi-coordinate to سَفَرْجَلٌ, (S, O,) and ↓ عُرُنْدٌ, (K, TA,) with two dammehs, (TA, in the CK عُرَنْد,) the ن being a substitute for د, (TA,) and ↓ عَرِدٌ (O, K) and ↓ عُرُدٌّ, (K,) signify hard, (S, O, K,) or hard and strong, applied to anything: (TA:) and ↓ عُرُدٌّ, applied to a spear, and a bow-string, signifies strong: (Fr, TA:) and ↓ عُرُنْدٌ, in measure like تُرُنْجٌ, applied to a bow-string, (Sb, S, O,) thick; (Sb, S;) or strong and thick; as also ↓ عُرُدٌّ; and thus both signify applied to a rope, or well-rope, and any other thing. (O.) One says, إِنَّهُ لَعَرْدُ مَغُرِزِ العُنُقِ [Verily he is hard, or strong, or thick, in respect of the base of the neck]. (Lth, O, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] The penis: or a hard and strong penis: (TA:) or a penis distended and erect (O, K, TA) and hard: pl. أَعْرَادٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- And The ass: (O, K:) so called because of the thickness of his neck. (TA.) ― -b4- And [it is said to signify] The base of the neck. (K. [But this I think doubtful: see a saying mentioned above (in this paragraph), from a mistranscription of which it may have originated.])

: see عَرْدٌ, in two places. In the phrase عَرَادٌ عَرِدٌ, the latter word may be added to give intensiveness to the signification, or it may be used by poetic license for عَارِدٌ. (TA.)

: see عَرْدٌ, in four places.

The elephant: (O, K:) because of his thickness and bulkiness. (TA.) ― -b2- And Courageous, and hard, or sturdy; (O, K;) applied to a man. (TA.) ― -b3- And A staff by means of which the horse and the camel are tied. (O, K.)

, applied to a plant, Thick and hard. (AHn, O, K.) ― -b2- And A certain plant, (S, O, K,) of the kind termed حَمْض, (S,) hard and erect: (TA:) or a certain herb, said to be [of the kind termed] حَمْض, eaten by the camels, growing in sands and sand-plains: or, as some say, it is [a sort] of the نَجِيل [q. v.] that grows in good and salubrious land, remote from water: n. un. with ة: Az says, I have seen the عَرَادَة in the desert, [a plant] having hard wood, spreading branches, and no scent. (L.) ― -b3- See also عَرَادَةٌ.

Distant, or remote: (K:) of the dial. of El-Yemen. (TA.) -A2- And Custom, habit, or wont. (Lh, K.) One says, مَا زَالَ ذٰلِكَ عَرِيدَهُ That ceased not to be his custom, habit, or wont. (Lh, TA.) [See also عِرْبَدٌّ.]

A single locust: (K: [if so, ↓ عَرَادٌ probably signifies locusts; as a coll. gen. n.:]) or a female locust. (S, O.) -A2- And A state, or condition. (S, O, K.) You say, فُلَانٌ فِى عَرَادَةِ خَيْرٍ Such a one is in a good state, or condition. (S, O.)

A certain thing, smaller than the مَنْجَنِيق, (S, O, K, TA,) but resembling it; (TA;) [i. e. an engine of war, app. similar to that called by the Romans onager;] that casts a stone to a long distance: (Ham p. 307:) pl. عَرَّادَاتٌ. (TA.)