Full Definition
بَوْرَقٌ
, with fet-h to the ب or بُورَقٌ., with damm, A certain, thing, or substance, that is put into dough, and causes it to become inflated; or into flour; (TA voce بُورَكٌ;) [or this is a particular kind thereof, as appears from what follows: accord. to Golius, nitrum and aphronitrum: but] it is of four kinds;
مَائِىٌّ [or the water-kind], and جَبَلِىٌّ [or the mountain-kind], and أَرْمَنِىٌّ [or Armenian], and مِصْرِىٌّ [or Egyptian], which is the
نَطْرُون [q. v., i. e. natron]: the best thereof is the
ارمنى; and this is said to be meant by the term when it is used absolutely: this is called also
بورقُ الصَّاغَةِ [a term now applied to borax, as is بورق alone, and مِلْحُ
الصَّاغَةِ], because it polishes silver well [or because of its use in soldering]: the dust-coloured kind thereof is called
بورقُ الخَبَّازِينَ [the
بورق
of the bakers, or makers of bread]: the
نطرون
is the red kind thereof: and there is a kind thereof having an oily quality: and a kind consisting of thin butyraceous fragments; and this, if light and hard, is the
إِفْرِيقِى: and the best thereof is that which is produced in Egypt: bruised, or powdered, the belly is smeared with it, near to a fire, and it expels worms: and moistened with honey or with oil of jasmine, the male organs of generation are anointed with it, for it is excellent for the venereal faculty.
def.2 Also A man in whom one does not trust, or confide: pl. بَوَارِقُ.
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