ربض

رِبْضَةٌ ذ A mode, or manner, of lying upon the breast: (K, and Har p. 382: [see 1, first signification:]) this is the primary meaning. (Har.) ― -b2- And A place thereof. (Har ibid. [See again رَبَضٌ, first signification.]) ― -b3- See also رَبِيضٌ, in three places. ― -b4- Also (assumed tropical:) A place of slaughter (مَقْتَل) of any party, or company of men, slain in one plot of ground: (Lth, Sgh, K:) erroneously written by Sgh in the TS رَبَضَة; but in the O correctly. (TA.) [And accord. to the TA, it seems to be also applied to (assumed tropical:) The party so slain. ] -A2- Also The body [of an animal] when lying upon the breast; particularly, of a hare, (A, K,) and of a lamb, (A, TA,) and of a she-goat; and so ↓ رُبْضَةٌ. (TA.) Hence the saying, أَتَانَا بِثَرِيدٍ كَأَنَّهُ رِبْضَةُ أَرْنَبٍ [ He brought us crumbled bread moistened with broth resembling in size and shape the body of a hare lying upon its breast ]. (A, K. *)