رءد

رَأْدٌ ذ : see رُؤْدٌ. ― -b2- [Hence,] رَأْدُ الضُّحَى (T, S, M, A, L, K) and ↓ رَائِدُهُ (K) (tropical:) The stage of the ضُحَى [or period after sunrise ] that is termed the شَبَاب of the day; (A;) i. e., when the sun has risen high, (T, S, A, K, TA,) one fifth of the day having passed: (A, TA:) or the brightness thereof: or the period after the spreading of the sunshine and the time when the sun has become high. (M.) -A2- Also الرَّأْدُ (S, M, A, and so accord. to some copies of the K) and ↓ الرُّؤْدُ, (S, M, and so accord. to some copies of the K,) or رَأْدُ اللَّحْىِ, (T,) and ↓ الرَّأْدَةُ and ↓ الرُّؤْدَةُ likewise, (accord. to some copies of the K, [but these I do not find in this sense in any other lexicon,]) or الرُؤْدَةُ only of all these, (accord. to other copies of the K, in some of which it is written without ء,) The root of the jaw-bone (أَصْلُ اللَّحْىِ), (T, S, M, A, K,) that projects beneath the ear: (T:) or the part of the jaw-bone whence the molar teeth (الأَضْرَاس) grow: or the رَأْدَانِ are the two thin extremities of the لَحْيَانِ [meaning the two sides of the lower jaw-bone ], which are in their upper part, sharp, and curved, and suspended in two holes beneath the two ears: (M:) pl. أَرْاآدٌ. (S.) -A3- Also رَأْدٌ A vacant tract (خَلَاآء) of land. (K.)