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أَعْصَفَ see 1, in five places. ― -b2- اعصف (said of a man, S, O) He died, or perished. (S, O, K.) ― -b3- And He (a man) deviated, declined, or wandered, from the road, or way. (TA.) ― -b4- اعصفت الاـِبِلُ The camels went round about the well, eager for the water, raising the the dust, (En-Nadr, O, K,) and spreading it, around. (En-Nadr, O.) -A2- اعصف الزَّرْعُ The corn, or seed-produce, put forth its عَصْف [q. v.]: (S, * O, K:) or its عَصْف became long: or it attained to the time for its being cut, or clipped. (TA. [See 1, last sentence.])

تَعَصَّفَ see 1, second sentence.

اـِعْتَصَفَ see 1, last sentence but one.

استعصف الزَّرْعُ The corn, or seed-produce: produced its culm, or jointed stalk. (TA.)

عَصْفٌ The herb ( بَقْل ) of corn, or seed-produce: (Fr, S, O, K:) and (TA) the leaves, or blades, of corn, or seed-produce; (MA, * Mgh, TA;) as also عُصُوفٌ ; each a pl. of ↓ عَصْفَةٌ : (MA: [or rather عَصْفٌ is a coll. gen. n. of which عُصُوفٌ is the pl. and ↓ عَصْفَةٌ is the n. un.:]) or the leaves, or blades, that are upon the stalk of corn, or seedproduce, and that dry up and crumble; as also ↓ عَصْفَةٌ and ↓ عَصِيفَةٌ and ↓ عُصَافَةٌ : or the leaves, and what is not eaten, thereof: in these three different senses it is expl. as used in the Kur lv. 11: (TA:) or it there means the stalk, or stem, of corn: (Fr, S voce رَيْحَانٌ :) or straw; (Jel, TA;) and so الزَّرْعِ ↓ عَصِيفُ ; (M voce تِبْنٌ ;) or الزَّرْعِ ↓ عَصِيفَةُ : (so in copies of the K voce تِبْنٌ :) and عُصُوفٌ signifies straws: (IAar, TA:) or عَصْفٌ signifies dry leaves, like straw: (Bd in lv. 11:) or corn, or seed-produce, or barley, cut while green, for fodder; syn. قَصِيلٌ : (En-Nadr, TA:) or leaves of corn, or seed-produce, that are cut, and eaten while fresh: or the leaves of the ears of corn; as also ↓ عَصِيفَةٌ : or what are cut thereof; as also ↓ عَصِيفٌ : or both signify the leaves, of corn, that incline in its lower part, and which one cuts off, in order that it may become lightened: or the former signifies the ears, themselves, of corn: and the pl. is عُصُوفٌ . (TA.) كَعَصْفٍ مَأْكُولٍ , in the Kur [cv. last verse], means Like corn of which the grain has been eaten and the straw thereof remains: (El- Hasan El-Basree, S, O, K:) or like leaves of which the contents have been taken and which remain without any grain therein: (O, K:) or like عَصْف , (O,) or leaves, (K,) which the beasts have eaten: (O, K:) or, as Sa'eed Ibn-Jubeyr is related to have said, like barley growing or growing forth [that has been eaten]. (TA.) ― -b2- And IAar says, (O, TA,) [the pl.] عُصُوفٌ , (O, K, TA,) with damm to the ع , (TA,) [in the CK, erroneously, عَصُوف ,] signifies Handfuls of reaped corn; syn. كَدَرٌ [a coll. gen. n. of which the n. un. is كَدَرَةٌ ]: (O, TA:) in the copies of the K, كُدْرَة ; and in the L, كد . (TA.) -A2- And accord. to IAar, (O,) عُصُوفٌ signifies also Wines; syn. خُمُورٌ . (O, L, K. [In the CK خَمْرَة ; and in the TA, as from the K, خمر .])

عَصْفَةٌ [as an inf. n. un. of 1 signifies A gust, or strong puff, of wind. ― -b2- And hence,] (assumed tropical:) The odour, (K,) or fragrance ( فَغْمَة ) of odour, (Z, TA,) or exhaled odour, (IF, O,) of wine: (IF, Z, O, K, TA:) likened to the عَصْفَة of wind. (Z, TA.) -A2- See also عَصْفٌ , in three places.

عَصْفَانٌ A seller of تِبْن [i. e. straw, or straw that has been trodden, or thrashed, and cut]. (IAar, O, TA.)

عَصُوفٌ : see عَاصِفٌ . ― -b2- Hence, (Z, TA,) (tropical:) Swift; applied to a she-ostrich, and to a she-camel (S, O, K, TA) that goes swiftly with her rider; (S, O, TA;) likened to the wind in the swiftness of her course: (Z, TA:) pl. عُصُفٌ : (TA:) and ↓ عَاصِفٌ is applied in like manner to a she-camel as meaning swift; (Sh, TA;) and so too is ↓ مُعْصِفَةٌ . (TA.)

عَصِيفٌ : see عَاصِفٌ : -A2- and see also عَصْفٌ , in two places.

عُصَافَةٌ What has fallen from the ears of corn, [app. when they are trodden, or thrashed, consisting] of the straw, (S, O, K, [but in the CK التنِّيْن is put in the place of التِّبْن ,]) and the like. (S.) See also عَصْفٌ . Also What the wind has carried away. (TA.)

عَصِيفَةٌ The combined leaves in which are the ears of corn: (S, O, K, TA:) or the leaves that open from around the fruit: or the heads of the ears of wheat. (TA.) See also عَصْفٌ , in three places.

رِيحٌ عَاصِف (S, O, Msb, K) and عَاصِفَةٌ (O, Msb, K) and ↓ عَصُوفٌ [but this app. has a more intensive meaning] (S, O, K) [and ↓ عَصِيفٌ as used in “ Fákihet el-Khulafà ” p. 196 line 18 but not found by me in this sense in any lexicon] and ↓ مُعْصِفٌ (S, O, K) and ↓ مُعْصِفَةٌ (S, O, Msb, K) Wind blowing violently, or vehemently: (S, O, Msb, K:) pl. of the first عَوَاصِفُ , and of the second عَاصِفَاتٌ ; (Msb;) and of the last two ↓ مَعَاصِفُ and ↓ مَعَاصِيفُ ; and ↓ مُعْصِفَاتٌ [pl. of مُعْصِفَةٌ ] which signifies winds that raise the clouds and the winds. (TA.) ― -b2- One says also يَوْمٌ عَاصِفٌ , (Fr, S, O, Msb,) because of the violent blowing of the wind therein, (Fr, O, Msb,) عَاصِفٌ in this case being an instance of فَاعِلٌ in the sense of مَفْعُولٌ فِيهِ , (S, O,) like as one says يَوْمٌ بَارِدٌ , (Fr, O,) or like لَيْلٌ نَايءِمٌ ; the meaning being, A day in which the wind blows violently, or vehemently: (S, O:) this is the meaning in the phrase فِى يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍ (Fr, O, K) in the Kur [xiv. 21]: or this phrase may mean فِى يَوْمٍ عَاصِفِ الرِّيحِ [in a day violent, or vehement, in respect of the wind], because the wind is mentioned in the former part of the sentence. (Fr, O.) ― -b3- See also عَصُوفٌ . ― -b4- عَاصِفٌ also signifies (tropical:) An arrow turning aside, or declining, from the butt; (El-Mufaddal, O, K, TA;) pl. عُصَّفٌ ; a tropical meaning: (TA:) and anything inclining, or declining. (El-Mufaddal, O, K.)

مُعْصِفٌ , and the fem., and pls.: see عَاصِفٌ , in five places: ― -b2- and for the fem., see also عَصُوفٌ . -A2- مَكَانٌ مُعْصِفٌ A place abounding with corn, or seed-produce: (Lh, S, L:) or with straw. (Lh, L.)