حف

حَفَّةٌ حف حفه حفة i. q. مِنْوَالٌ; i. e. The web-beam of a loom; the wooden thing [or roller ] upon which the weaver winds the web, or piece of cloth [ as it is woven ]: ↓ حَفٌّ signifying the مِنْسَج [which generally means the weaver's loom; but explained in the TK as meaning here the stay of a weaver's loom; in the KL, said to be what is called in Persian كار Jوب, but this is the حَفَّة, to which the same explanation is assigned in the KL]: (S, K: *) so accord. to As: [for] Aboo-Sa'eed [i. e. As] says, the حَفَّة is the مِنْوَال; and it should not be called the ↓ حَفّ; for the حَفّ is the مِنْسَج: (S, O:) [the former is also applied to the yarnbeam, upon which the yarn is rolled: see نِيرٌ:] in the L, it is said that the حَفَّة of the weaver is the wide piece of wood with which he arranges the woof between [ the threads of ] the warp: or, as some say, the three canes: and some say that it is ↓ حِفَّةٌ, with kesr: and it is said to be the thing with which the weaver strikes, like a sword: and the ↓ حَفّ is the cane that comes and goes [or goes to and fro; app. meaning the shuttle ]: Az says, thus it is with the Arabs: and its pl. [the pl. of حَفٌّ] is حُفُوفٌ. (TA.) One says, مَا أَنْتَ بِحَفَّةٍ وَلَا نِيرَةٍ [ Thou art neither a حفَة nor a نيرَة]; the نيرة being the transverse piece of wood: alluding to him who neither profits nor harms; meaning that he is good for nothing. (TA.) [See also a similar saying voce نِيرٌ.] -A2- Also What camels have eaten, or obtained, (اِحْتَفَّتْ,) of herbage. (TA.) ― -b2- See also حَفَفٌ.