عَقَنْقَلٌ
Root: عقل
Full Definition
2 And A great, wide, valley: pl. عَقَاقِلُ and عَقَاقِيلُ.
3 Also, sometimes, and عَنْقَلٌ , The مَصَارِين [or intestines into which the food passes from the stomach], or قَانِصَة [which here probably signifies the same], of a [lizard of the species called] ضَبّ: or the [portion of fat termed] كُشْيَة of the ضَبّ. أَطْعِمْ أَخَاكَ مِنْ عَقَنْقَلِ الضَّبِّ [Give thy brother to eat of the intestines, &c., of the dabb: or, as some relate it, مِنْ كُشْيَةِ الضَّبِّ:] is a prov., said in urging a man to make another to share in the means of subsistence; or, accord. to some, denoting derision.
4 Also A [drinking-cup, or bowl, of the kind called] قَدَح.
5 And A sword.
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