Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَسِيلٌ

Root: اسل

Full Definition

أَسِيلٌ Smooth and even: anything lank; syn. سَبْطٌ, [i. e.] مُسْتَرْسِلٌ: applied to a cheek, [smooth and long: or long, or oblong, and not high in its ball: or] soft, tender, thin, and even: or long, soft in make, and lank. You say رَجُلٌ أَسِيلُ الخَدِّ A man having the cheek soft and long: and in like manner, فَرَسَ a horse. And كَفٌّ أَسِيلَةُ الأَصَابِعِ A hand small and slender, and lank, or long, in the fingers.


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