عرف

12 اِعْرَوْرَفَ ذ He (a horse, TA) had a mane (عُرْف). (S, O, TA.) ― -b2- اعرورف الفَرَسَ He (a man, O) mounted upon the mane (عُرْف) of the horse. (O, K. [In the CK, والفَرَسُ عَلا عُرْفُهُ is erroneously put for وَالفَرَسَ عَلَا عَلَى عُرْفِهِ.]) ― -b3- And اعرورف (said of a man, K) (assumed tropical:) He rose upon the أَعْرَاف [pl. of عُرْفٌ, and app. here meaning the wall between Paradise and Hell: (see the Kur vii. 44:) probably used in this sense in a trad.]. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) ― -b4- Said of the sea, (tropical:) Its waves became high, (S, O, K, TA,) like the عُرْف [or mane ]: and in like manner said of the torrent, (tropical:) It became heapy and high. (TA.) ― -b5- Said of blood, (assumed tropical:) It had froth (O, K) like the عُرْف [or mane ]. (O.) ― -b6- Said of palm-trees (نَخْل), (tropical:) They became dense, and luxuriant, or abundant, or thickly intermixed, like the عُرْف [or mane ] of the hyena. (O, K, TA.) ― -b7- And, said of a man, (tropical:) He prepared himself for evil, or mischief, (S, O, K, TA,) and raised his head, or stretched forth his neck, for that purpose. (TA.) [See also 12 in art. عزف.]