Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بَرِيصَةٌ

Root: برص

Full Definition

بَرِيصَةٌ A certain small reptile (دَابَّةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ), smaller than the وَزَغَة; when it bites a thing, the latter is not cured. [See also بُرْصٌ; and see سَامُّ أَبْرَصَ, voce أَبْرَصُ.]


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