كِرْسٌ
Root: كرس
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كِرْسٌ
Compacted, or caked, or a cake of, dung and urine of camels and of sheep or goats, in a house, and upon the traces of men's abode: and also, compacted clay or mud: pl. أَكْرَاسٌ. [Hence,] كِرْسُ الحَوْضِ
The place in which the camels stand at the watering-trough or tank, and which in consequence becomes compacted [by the mixture of their dung and urine with the soil].
2 كِرْسُ بِنَآءٍ [The foundation, or lowest part of a building: see 2].
def.2 One of the أَكْرَاس [meaning series or strings of beads] of [the necklaces and similar ornaments called] قَلَائِد and وُشُح and the like: you say, قِلَادَةٌ ذَاتُ كِرْسَيْنِ [a necklace of two such series], and ذَاتُ أَكْرَاسٍ ثَلَاثَةٍ [of three such series], when you join one part to another [in several places, by larger beads: see قِلَادَةٌ مُكْرَسَةٌ, below].
2 كِرْسُ بِنَآءٍ [The foundation, or lowest part of a building: see 2].
def.2 One of the أَكْرَاس [meaning series or strings of beads] of [the necklaces and similar ornaments called] قَلَائِد and وُشُح and the like: you say, قِلَادَةٌ ذَاتُ كِرْسَيْنِ [a necklace of two such series], and ذَاتُ أَكْرَاسٍ ثَلَاثَةٍ [of three such series], when you join one part to another [in several places, by larger beads: see قِلَادَةٌ مُكْرَسَةٌ, below].
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