تَسْلِيعٌ
Root: سلع
Form: 2
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تَسْلِيعٌII
[Verbal.Noun of سَلَّعَ as used in the phrase سلّع البَقَرَ, or ثِيرَانَ الوَحْشِ, (see مُسَلَّعَةٌ,)] signifies a practice which was observed in the Time of Ignorance, when the people were afflicted with drought, or barrenness of the earth; which was The hanging the [kind of tree, or plant, called] سَلَع, with the [species of swallow-wort called] عُشَر, to wild bulls, and sending them down from the mountains, having kindled fire in the
سلع
and
عشر; seeking thereby to obtain rain: or the loading the backs of those animals with the fire-wood of the
سلع
and
عشر, then kindling fire therein; seeking to obtain rain by the flame of the fire, which was likened to the gleaming of lightning. [See also سَلَعٌ, where a meaning somewhat different from those above is indicated.])
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