حصف

حَصِيفٌ حصيف Anything firm, strong, compact, sound, and free from defect. (TA.) A garment, or piece of cloth, compactly, or firmly and closely, woven: (TA:) or dense; concealing [ what is within it ]: (Kf, TA:) and ↓ مُحْصَفٌ [in like manner] signifies dense and strong. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) Firm, or sound, in intellect or sense; (S, K, TA;) and ↓ حَصِفٌ signifies the same; and firm in judgment; [or possessing firmness, or soundness, of intellect and judgment; for] it is a possessive epithet: and the former is said to signify strong in intellect, and good in judgment. (TA.) حَصِيفُ العُقْدَةِ, occurring in a letter of 'Omar, means (assumed tropical:) [ Firm ] in judgment, and in the management, conducting, ordering, or regulating, of affairs. (TA.)