فَلْكَةٌ

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فَلْكَةٌ The whirl of a spindle: [this is what is meant by the saying that] the فَلْكَة of the مِغْزَل is well known; [and] is thus called because of its roundness: [it is a piece of wood, generally of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, through the middle of which the upper part of the spindle-pin is inserted:] also pronounced : the pl. [of the former] is [or rather this is a quasi-pl. n.] and [that of the latter sing. is] فِلَكٌ.
2 And A thing that is made round, or hemispherical, ( , or , accord. to different copies of the K,) like the فَلْكَة of the spindle, of coarse hair (هُلْب), then the tongue of the young unweaned camel is perforated, [and this thing is inserted into it, (see 2, and see also 4 in art. لهج,)] in order that he may be prevented from sucking. (K. [For فتَخْرِقُ لِسانُ الفَصِيلِ in the CK, I read فَيُخْرَقُ لِسَانُ الفَصِيلِ, as in other copies of the K and in the TA: after these words, the copies of the K have فَيُعْضَدُ بِهِ, app a mistranscription for some phrase meaning فَيُجْعَلُ فِيهِ, which is necessary to complete the explanation.])
3 And An [eminence such as is termed] أَكَمَهٌ [formed] of one mass of stone; accord. to ISh, [of] the smaller of the [eminences termed] إِكَام, compact in its head, as though this were the فَلْكَة of a spindle, not giving growth to anything, in height of the measure of two spears or a spear and a half.
4 See also فلَكٌ, near the end, in two places.
5 Also Anything circular,
6 And [particularly] The joint [or cartilaginous disk] between the two vertebræ [i. e. between any one of the vertebrœ and that next to it] of the camel: and the pl. [or rather quasi-pl. n.] thereof, in this sense and in the last two of the sense following, is .
7 [And The cap of the knee; (see فَلِكٌ;) فَلْكَةُ الرُّكْبَةِ signifying the patella: so in the present day.]
8 And The small thing (الهَنَةُ [app. the foramen cæcum, from its round form, for, though the TA adds the epithet النَّاشِئَةُ, which means “ rising, ” I think that this addition may be conjectural,]) upon the head of the root of the tongue.
9 And The side of the [portion of the breast called the] زَوْر [q. v.], and the part thereof that is round, or circular. (K. [K. [But see بَلْدَةٌ: where it is said that “ the فَلَك of the زَوْر of a horse are six in number: ” what they are I have been unable to determine: I incline to think that they may be spiral curls, such as are termed دَوَائِر, pl. of دَائِرَةٌ.])

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