كعب

2 كَعَّبَ [كعّب It (a reed, or cane,) put forth, or produced, its jointed stem. ― -b2- Hence the phrase:] اـِنِّى أَرَى الشَّرَّ كَعَّبَ [(assumed tropical:) Verily I see the evil to have grown, like reeds when they put forth their jointed stems. ] (TA, voce نَبَّبَ.) ― -b3- كعّب لَبَبَهَا He put to her breast-band [the pronoun app. referring to دَابَّة “ a beast of carriage ”] edges, or borders, like كُعُوب [app. meaning play-bones, or dice, or similar things. ]. (TA.) ― -b4- كعّب, inf. n. تَكْعِيبٌ, He folded a garment, or piece of cloth, hard, or firmly, accord. to some, in a square form. (TA.) See also مُكَعَّبٌ. ― -b5- He made it square, (K,) [or rather of a cubic form ]. ― -b6- And see 1 in four places.