زَاوُوقٌ
Root: زوق
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زَاوُوقٌ
, (S, O, K, [in the CK written زاؤُقْ, as though it were زَاؤُوقٌ, the quiescent و being indicated by the sign of sukoon after the dammeh,]) of the dial. of the people of El-Medeeneh, i. q.
زِئْبَقٌ [i. e. Quicksilver]; as also
زُوَقٌ ; but from what is said by IB, it would seem that this last word is pl. of زَاوُوقٌ: it is used in
[meaning decorations, or embellishments, pl. of تَزْويقٌ used as a simple subst., or of the n. un. تَزْوِيقَةٌ]; and hence, [accord. to some,] التَّزْوِيقُ signifying “ the act of decorating, and embellishing; ” for it is put, together with gold, for overlaying therewith, upon iron, and then it is put into the fire, whereupon the
زئبق [or quicksilver] goes from it [by evaporation], and the gold remains: and hence anything decorated, or embellished, is termed
مُزَوَّقٌ , though not having in it زئبق.
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