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رَسْلٌ

Root: رسل

Full Definition

رَسْلٌ Easy; applied to a pace.
2 Easy in pace; applied to a he-camel: fem. with ة: or soft, or gentle, in pace; applied to a he-camel and to a she-camel: and مِرْسَالٌ , also, applied to a she-camel, has the former of these significations; and its pl. is مَرَاسِيلُ: or this pl. signifies light, or active, she-camels, that give thee what they have to give spontaneously; and رَسْلَةٌ is applied to one thereof: a she-camel is termed مِرْسَالٌ as being likened to the arrow thus called.
3 Soft, and lax, or flaccid: [app. applied to a he-camel; for it is added,] one says نَاقَةٌ رَسْلَةٌ القَوَائِمِ, meaning A she-camel loose, or slack, [in the legs, and] soft in the joints [thereof].
4 Applied to hair, i. q. مُسْتَرْسِلٌ ; (S, K; in the CK مُرْسَل;) which means Lank; not crisp: (Mgh, Msb: [and so accord. to an explanation of استرسل in the S and K:]) or lank and pendent: or long, and lank or pendent.
5 And رَسْلَةٌ, or رَسْلَةُ القَوائِمِ, [of which see an explanation in what precedes,] and مِرْسَالٌ , applied to a she-camel, Having much hair, or much and long hair, upon her shanks, or hind legs (فِى سَاقِيْهَا): but in the K, رَسْلَةٌ and مُرَاسِلٌ [not مِرْسَالٌ] are explained as epithets applied to a woman, meaning having much and long hair upon her shanks.
6 Also sing. of رِسَالٌ , which signifies The legs of a camel: so called because of their length.

def.2 See also مُرَاسِلٌ.

def.3 And see the paragraph here next following.
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