لبد

5 تَلَبَّدَ see 1. ― -b2- تلبد It (wool, A, L, K, and the like, K, as common hair, A, L, and the soft hair of camels or the like, L,) became commingled, and compacted together, or matted, coherent; (S, * A, * L, K;) as also ↓ التبد. (L.) [Both are also said of dung, and of a mixture of dung and urine, meaning It caked, or became compacted, upon the ground &c.] ― -b3- It (the ground, L, or the dust, or the sand, A,) became compact, so that the feet did not sink in it, by reason of rain. (S, * A, * L.) ― -b4- [Also, app., He shrank, by reason of fear: see هَبِيتٌ: in the present day it is used to signify he hid, or contracted, himself, by reason of fear, or for the purpose of practising some act of guile. ]