حفر

حَفْرٌ حفر حفرة : see حَفَرٌ, in two places; and حَفِيرٌ. -A2- Also (assumed tropical:) Emaciation, or leanness. (Kr.) [See 1.] ― -b2- Also, and ↓ حَفَرٌ, (Az, S, Msb, K,) the latter of the dial. of the Benoo-Asad, and the worse of the two forms, (S,) said by IKt to be a bad form, (TA,) and by ISk to be a vulgar mispronunciation, which is attributed to his not having heard the dial. of the Benoo-Asad, (Msb,) (tropical:) A scaling (سُلَاق) in the roots of the teeth: (Yaakoob, S, K:) or a rottenness, or an unsound state, of the roots of the teeth, (S, Msb,) by reason of a scaling of those parts: (Msb:) or what adheres to the teeth, externally and internally: (Az:) or an erosion of the roots of the teeth by a yellow incrustation between those parts and the gum, externally and internally, pressing upon the bone so that the latter scales away if it be not quickly removed: (Sh:) or a cankering of the teeth: (A:) or a yellowness upon the teeth: (IDrd, IKh, K:) or حَفْرٌ signifies a pimple, or small pustule, in the gum of a child. (El-Wá'ee.) [See 1: and see also حِبْرٌ.]