حَصِيرٌ
Root: حصر
Full Definition
2 and see حَصِرٌ, in four places.
3 Also A king: because he is secluded: or because he prevents those who have access to him.
def.2 A prison; as also حِصَارٌ . So [accord. to some] in the Kur xvii. 8.
def.3 A mat woven of reeds [or of rushes] or of palm-leaves; (IDrd and K voce تَذَرَّعَ, &c.;) syn. بَارِيَّةٌ; vulgarly حَصِيرَةٌ : or a thing woven, [سَفِيفَةٌ, in the L and TA erroneously written سقيفه,] made of بَرْدِىّ [or papyrus] and of أَسَل [or rushes], and then spread upon the ground like a carpet: pl. حُصُرٌ and, by contraction, حُصْرٌ. Hence the prov., أَسِيرٌ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ [A captive upon a mat]. And بَنَاتُ الحَصِيرِ Bugs; syn. بَقٌّ. (TA in art. بق.)
2 Anything woven.
3 A garment, or piece of cloth, ornamented and variegated, which, when spread out, captivates hearts in a manner peculiar to it, by its beauty. So, accord. to some, in the trad. of Hodheyfeh, تُعْرَضُ الفِتَنُ عَلَى القُلُوبِ عَرْضَ الحَصِيرِ [expl. in art. عرض, conj. 1].
4 A bed; or a thing spread to lie upon; as though it were a mat: so, accord. to El-Hasan, in the Kur xvii. 8, referred to above.
5 A sitting-place; syn. مَجْلِسٌ: MF thinks it to be a mistake for مَحْبِسٌ [a prison, or place of confinement].
6 The surface of the ground: whence, accord. to some, it is applied to that which is spread upon the ground [i. e. a mat]: pl. [of pauc.] أَحْصِرَةٌ and [of mult.] حُصُرٌ.
7 Water. [Perhaps because its surface, when rippled by the wind, is likened to a thing woven: see نَسَجَ.]
8 The diversified wavy marks, streaks, or grain, (فِرِنْد,) of a sword, resembling the tracks of ants: or its حَصِيرَانِ are its two sides.
9 A road, or way.
10 A row of men, and of other things.
11 A certain vein extending across upon the side of a beast, towards the belly: so, accord. to some, in the trad. of Hodheyfeh mentioned above: or a portion of flesh so situate; i. e., from the shoulder-blade to the flank; as also حَصِيرَةٌ , explained in the K as a portion of flesh lying across in the side of a horse, which one sees when he is made lean by scanty food: or the former signifies the sinew that
12 Also The side itself. Hence the phrase, دَابَّةٌ عَرِيضُ الحَصِيرَيْنِ A beast having wide sides. And أَوْجَعَ ٱللّٰهُ حَصِيرَيْهِ [May God make his sides to ache; meaning] may he be severely beaten. A certain elegant scholar says, أَثَّرَ حَصِيرُ الحَصِيرِ فِى حَصِيرِ الحَصِيرِ The mat of the prison made marks upon the side of the king.
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