1. قَيْضٌ
qayoDN * [ An egg-shell; ] the upper hard covering that is upon an egg: (K:) or [ an egg-shell cracked in pieces; ] what is cracked in pieces of the upper covering of an egg: (S, * IB:) or one from which the young bird, or the fluid, has gone forth. (Lth, K.) -A2- A compensation, or substitute; a th