خَصِيلَةٌ
Root: خصل
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خَصِيلَةٌ
A piece, or portion, of flesh, small or large: or the flesh of the thighs and of the upper arms and of the fore arms: or any portion of flesh, by itself, of the flesh of the thighs and of the upper arms and of the shanks and of the fore arms: or the portion of flesh of the thigh: or any compact and long portion of flesh, in the arm or elsewhere; also called خَبِيبَةٌ: (AO, TA in art. خب:) or [any muscle, of those that are termed voluntary muscles; as also عَضَلَةٌ and عَضِيلَةٌ; i. e.] any tendon, or sinew, upon which is thick flesh: or any portion of flesh that is oblong, and intermixed with tendons, or sinews: or, as some say, the طَفْطَفَة [or flank, &c.]: pl.
[or rather this is a coll. gen. n.] and [the pl. is] خَصَائِلُ. A certain person has described a horse as being سَبْطُ [app. meaning Lank in the muscles; or long and even therein]: and sometimes خَصَائِل is used in relation to a man.
2 See also خُصْلَةٌ.
def.2 And for the pl. خَصَائِلُ see also خَصْلَةٌ.
2 See also خُصْلَةٌ.
def.2 And for the pl. خَصَائِلُ see also خَصْلَةٌ.
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