شِرْيَانٌ
Root: شرى
Full Definition
شِرْيَانٌ
and
شَرْيَانٌ , the former of which is the more in repute, the former said to be quasi-quadriliteral, like جِرْيَالٌ, [and therefore mentioned also in the TA in art. شرن,] but held by IB to be of the measure فِعْلَانٌ, (TA in art. شرن,) A kind of tree, of the
عِضَاه [q. v.] of the mountains, of which bows are made: n. un. with ة: the tree thus called grows in the manner, and of the height and width, of the [species of lote-tree called] سِدْر, and has a yellow, sweet
نَبِقَة [or drupe]: so says AHn: and he adds, Aboo-Ziyád says, bows are made of the
شريان, and the bow made thereof is good, but black tinged with redness; its wood being of those woods of which good bows are [commonly] made; and they assert that it seldom, or never, becomes crooked: Mbr says that the
نَبْع
and
شَوْحَط [q. v.] and
شريان
are one kind of tree, but differing in name and estimation according to the places of growth; such thereof as is upon the summit of the mountain being the
نبع; and such as is at the base, or foot, or lowest or lower part, thereof, the
شريان. (TA. [But see شَوْحَطٌ.])
2 Also sing. of شَرَايِينُ signifying The arteries; i. e. the pulsing veins; which spring from the heart: but the anatomists assert that they spring from the liver, and pass by the heart.
3 شِرْيَانٌ, with kesr, signifies also A crack, or fissure, [in a rock,] such as is termed ثَتٌّ.
2 Also sing. of شَرَايِينُ signifying The arteries; i. e. the pulsing veins; which spring from the heart: but the anatomists assert that they spring from the liver, and pass by the heart.
3 شِرْيَانٌ, with kesr, signifies also A crack, or fissure, [in a rock,] such as is termed ثَتٌّ.
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