حيد

حَيْدٌ حيد A rising, or protuberant, or prominent, part of a side of a thing: (L, K:) so of the head; (Lth, L;) as also ↓ حَيْدَةٌ: (A:) a knot, knob, or protuberance, of a stick or branch; [as also ↓ حَيْدَةٌ: (AHn, TA voce بَلْطٌ, q. v.:)] a part of a strap, or thong, projecting beyond the rest: (L:) any rib, (L, K,) or other bone, (L,) that curves much [ and is therefore prominent ]: (L, K:) [see an ex. voce حَابٍ, in art. حبو:] a knot in the horn of a mountain-goat; (A, * L, K;) or this is termed ↓ حَيْدَةٌ: (S, L:) a twisted part of a horn: a twisted internodal portion of a horn: (L:) any prominence in a horn, and in a mountain, (S, L, K,) &c.: (S, L:) a prominent and curved part of a mountain: (T:) a projecting portion, or ledge, of a mountain, resembling a wing: (S, M, L, K:) pl. (of the former word, S) أَحْيَادٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and (of both words, S) حُيُودٌ and (of the latter, S) حِيَدٌ: (S, K:) the حُيُود of a camel are such parts as the hips, or haunches, and thighs. (L.) You say جَبَلٌ ذُو حُيُودٍ and أَحْيَادٍ, meaning A mountain having projecting edges in its lower parts, not in its upper parts. (S.) And قَعَدْتُ تَحْتَ حَيْدِ الجَبَلِ I sat beneath the part of the mountain that projected like a wing. (A.)