عذر

عِذَارٌ ذ A certain appertenance of a horse or the like; (S, O;) i. e. the part, (T, M, Mgh,) or strap, (Msb,) of the bridle, (T, M, Mgh, Msb,) that lies, (T,) or extends down, (M, K,) upon the cheek, (M, Mgh, Msb, K,) or two cheeks, (T,) of the horse (T, M, Mgh, Msb, K) or the like: (T, Mgh, Msb:) the عَذَارَانِ are the two straps upon the two cheeks of the horse, on the right and left: (IDrd in his Book on the Saddle and Bridle:) or, as some say, the عِذَار is the two straps of the bridle that meet at the back of the neck: (TA:) [thus it signifies either of the two cheek-straps, or, accord. to some, the two cheek-straps together, that compose the headstall: ] some say that it is called by the name of its place; but the converse is the case accord. to others: (TA:) [and عِذَارُ الرَّسَنِ signifies the appertance, of the halter, corresponding to the cheek-strap, or cheek-straps, of the bridle or headstall: (see a verse of Ibn-Mukbil cited voce رَسَنٌ:)] pl. عُذُرٌ, (S, O, Msb, K, [in the CK عُذْرٌ,]) like as كُتُبٌ is pl. of كِتَابٌ. (Msb, TA.) It is said in a trad., لَلْفَقْرُ أَزْيَنُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ مِنْ عِذَارٍ حَسَنٍ عَلَى خَدِّ فَرَسٍ [ Verily poverty is more ornamental to the believer than a beautiful cheek-strap, or headstall, upon the cheek of a horse ]. (TA.) فَرَسٌ قَصِيرُ العِذَارِ [ A horse short in the cheek-strap, or headstall, ] implies commendation, as denoting width of the lip. (TA, voce عِنَانٌ.) And عِذَارٌ signifies also The thing that connects the leading-rope (حَبْلَ الخِطَامِ) to the head of the he-camel (K, TA) and of the she-camel. (TA.) And A halter; syn. رَسَنٌ: (Msb:) and ↓ مُعَذَّرٌ signifies a halter (رَسَن) having a double عِذَار (ذُو عِذَارَيْنِ). (TA.) One says, فُلَانٌ شَدِيدُ العِذَارِ (assumed tropical:) Such a one is strong in respect of determination. (A, TA.) And فُلَانٌ خَلِيعُ العِذَارِ (assumed tropical:) Such a one is weak in respect of determination; [or is a person who has thrown off restraint; ] like a horse that has no bridle upon him, and that therefore falls upon his face. (TA. [See also art. خلع.]) And خَلَعَ عِذَارَهُ (assumed tropical:) [ He threw off restraint; or] he persisted in error: (S, O:) or he departed from obedience, and persisted in error: (TA:) or he broke off from his family, or disagreed with them, and wearied them by his wickedness; syn. تَشَاطَرَ; as also ↓ خلع مُعَذَّرَهُ: (A:) or the latter means he did not obey a director in the right course: (As, TA:) or, in the former phrase, (TA,) عِذَار means (assumed tropical:) shame; (K, TA;) خَلَعَ عِذَارَهُ meaning he divested himself of shame; like as a horse casts off his عذار, and becomes refractory, overcoming his rider and running away with him. (TA. [See, again, art. خلع.]) And لَوَى عَنْهُ عِذَارَهُ (assumed tropical:) He disobeyed him. (A, TA.) ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) The two sides of the beard: (K:) or either side thereof; (Mgh, TA;) the two sides thereof being called عِذَارَا اللِّحْيَةِ, (Mgh,) or العِذَارَانِ, (TA,) because they are in the place [corresponding to that] of the عذار of the horse or the like: (Mgh, * TA:) or the hair, of a boy, that grows evenly in the place of the عِذَار: (S:) or the hair, of the beard, that descends upon the two jaws: (Msb:) or a man's hair that grows in the place of the عِذَار: (O, TA:) the line of the beard: (TA:) or the hair, of a man, that is in front of the ear, and between which and the ear is a whiteness: (Har pp. 208-9:) and the part, of the face, upon which grows the hair in a lengthened form in front of the lobula of the ear [ extending ] to the base of the jaw. (Har p. 495.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) The cheek; as also ↓ مُعَذَّرٌ: (K:) which latter [properly] signifies the place of the عِذَار, (A, TA,) or the place of the عِذَارَانِ. (S, O.) You say, ↓ فُلَانٌ طَوِيلُ المُعَذَّرِ (assumed tropical:) Such a one is long in the place of the عِذَار. (A, TA.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) A mark made [on a camel (see مَعْذُورٌ)] with a hot iron in the place of the عِذَار; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ عُذْرَةٌ: (K:) or on the back of the neck, extending to the temples: so in the Tedhkireh of Aboo-'Alee; but the former explanation is the better known: El-Ahmar mentions ↓ عُذْرٌ as meaning one kind of the marks made with a hot iron. (TA.) ― -b5- Also (tropical:) The two sharp sides or edges, (K,) or [rather] either of these, for both together are called the عِذَارَانِ, (TA,) of a نَصْل [i. e. of the iron head of an arrow or of a spear &c.]. (K, TA.) ― -b6- And (tropical:) Either side of a road, (A,) and of a valley, (A, TA,) and of a wall. (TA.) ― -b7- And (tropical:) A row of trees, (TA,) or of palm-trees. (A.) ― -b8- And (tropical:) An elongated tract of sand. (A.) The dual as used in a verse of Dhu-r-Rummeh means (assumed tropical:) Two elongated tracts (حَبْلَانِ [in the CK جَبَلانِ]) of sand: (S, O, K, TA:) or the two sides thereof: (TA:) or two roads (طَرِيقَانِ). (S, O, K, TA.) ― -b9- And (tropical:) A rugged tract of ground, (O, K, TA,) and [ a tract ] of sand, (TA,) lying across in a wide plain: (O, K, TA:) pl. عُذُرٌ. (TA.) -A2- See also اـِعْذَارٌ. -A3- It also signifies Resistance, or refusal; from التَعَذُّر. (TA.)