سحف

سَحْفَةٌ ذ A piece, or portion, of fat; in a general sense: (TA:) or the portion of fat that is upon the back, (S, K, TA,) sticking to the skin, in the part between the two shoulder-blades, extending to the haunches: so says ISk: (S, TA:) or that is upon the two sides and the back: and it is never but from fatness: accord. to IKh, it is in all beasts except the camel: ISd says that, accord. to some, it is in the camel [also]. (TA.) ― -b2- And [the dual] سَحْفَتَانِ The two sides of the tuft of hair that is between the lower lip and the chin: (Aboo-Sa'eed, K:) pl. سَحَفَاتٌ. (TA.) -A2- See also سَحِيفٌ. -A3- [Freytag makes it to be also syn. with مَسْحَفٌ, as on the authority of the K, in which I do not find it in this sense.]