رود

مِرْوَدٌ ذ A certain well-known instrument, (Msb,) [ resembling a bodkin, or small probe, tapering towards the end, but blunt, generally of wood or bone or ivory or silver, ] with which the [ black powder called ] كُحْل is applied to the eyes; (TA;) syn. مِيلٌ, (S, M, A, K,) and مِكْحَالٌ: so called [because it is passed to and fro along the edges of the eyelids,] from رَادَ signifying “he, or it, came and went:” (Mgh:) pl. مَرَاوِدُ. (Msb.) ― -b2- The pivot of the sheave of a pulley, if of iron. (S, K. *) ― -b3- A wooden pin, peg, or stake; syn. وَتِدٌ. (M, K.) ― -b4- An iron [ swivel ] that turns round in the لِجَام [i. e. bit, or bit and bridle ]: (S, K:) or an iron [ swivel ] which is attached to the رَسَن of the colt [or horse ] and of the hawk, [i. e., to the halter, or leading-cord, of the colt or horse, and the leash of the hawk, ] and which, when he turns round, turns round with him: (A:) or the مِرْوَدَانِ, also called the ↓ رَائِدَانِ, are the two rings in [ either of ] which is the extremity of the عِذَار [or side-piece of the headstall of the horse ]. (IDrd, in his “Book on the Saddle and Bridle.”) You say, دَارَ المُهْرُ وَ البَازِى فِى المِرْوَدِ [ The colt, and the hawk, went round, attached to the مرود]. (A.) ― -b5- A joint; syn. مَفْصِلٌ. (M.) ― -b6- (assumed tropical:) A limit, or an extent, to which one runs: so in a trad. of 'Alee, in which it is said, اـِنَّ لِبَنِى أُمَيَّةَ مِرْوَدًا يَجْرُونَ اـِلَيْهِ [ Verily there is a limit, or an extent, for the sons of Umeiyeh, to which they run ]: from اـِرْوَادٌ as signifying اـِمْهَالٌ. (TA.)