صفن

3 مُصَافَنَةٌ ذ The standing confronting a people, or party. (TA.) -A2- [Also The dividing of water among a people, or party, in the manner described in the next paragraph: ] one says, صَافَنَ المَاآءَ بَيْنَ ↓ القَوْمِ فَأَعْطَانِى صَفْنَةً i. e. مَقْلَةً [for جُرْعَةَ مَقْلَةٍ, the meaning being He divided the water in that manner among the people, or party, and gave me a gulp as much as would cover a pebble in the bottom of a vessel ]. (TA.)