عظم

عَظْمٌ ذ The قَصَب [here meaning bone, but properly applied to the bones of the hands and feet, or of the arms and legs,] of an animal, upon which is the flesh: (K:) [dim. ↓ عُظَيْمٌ:] pl. [of mult.] عِظَامٌ (S, Msb, K) and عِظَامَةٌ, with ة as characteristic of the fem. gender, (K,) and [of pauc.] أَعْظُمٌ. (Msb, K.) ― -b2- [And app. A portion of a camel slaughtered for distribution in the game called المَيْسِر: Freytag explains it as signifying, in the Deewán of the Hudhalees, “ portio animalis mactati in ludo alearum: ” and having for its pl. أَعْظُمٌ.] ― -b3- عَظْمُ وَضَّاحٍ, or وَضَّاحٍ ↓ عُظَيْمُ, is the name of A certain game of the Arabs, (K, TA,) of the children of the Arabs of the desert, (L in art. وضح,) in which they throw in the night a piece of bone, (TA,) or a white bone, (L in art. وضح,) and he who lights upon it overcomes his companions: when one of the two parties overcame, he, or they, used to ride those of the other party from the place in which they found it to the place from which they threw it, saying, عُظَيْمَ وَضَّاحٍ ضِحَنَّ اللَّيْلَهْ وَلَا تَضِحَنَّ بَعْدَهَا مِنْ لَيْلَهْ [ O little bone of a thing very apparent, do thou appear to-night, and do not thou appear any night after it ]. (TA.) ― -b4- عَظْمُ الرَّحْلِ The wood of the [ camel's saddle called ] رَحْل, without أَنْسَاع [i. e. the broad, plaited, leathern bands with which it is bound ], and without any gear. (S, K.) ― -b5- عَظْمُ الفَدَّانِ The broad board of the plough, (K, TA,) at the head of which is the iron [or share ] whereby the earth is cloven: and عَضْم is a dial. var. thereof. (TA.) ― -b6- عَظْمٌ is also a dial. var. of عَضْمٌ signifying A winnowing-fork. (AHn, TA in art. عضم, q. v.) ― -b7- And a dial. var. of عَضْمٌ as signifying The handle, or part that is grasped by the hand, of a bow. (AHn, TA in art. عضم.) -A2- See also مُعْظَمٌ.