Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

زُحْلُوقَةٌ

Root: زحلق

Full Definition

زُحْلُوقَةٌ i. q. زُحْلُوفَةٌ; meaning [A sloping slide, or rolling-place; or] the traces of the sliding of children from above to below: of the dial. of Temeem: pl. زَحَالِيقُ: which likewise signifies slippery places; as also زِحْلِيقٌ .
2 And A grave: because one slips into it.
3 And i. q. أُرْجُوحَةٌ; i. e. [A seesaw;] a piece of wood [or a plank] which children lay upon an elevated place, and a number sit upon one end of it, and a number upon the other [end]; and when one of the two parties is heavier, the other rises, and threatens to fall; whereupon they [app. who are looking on] call out to them, أَلَا خَلُّوا أَلَا خَلُّوا [Now leave ye! now leave ye what ye are doing!]. (K. [See also أُرْجُوحَةٌ.])


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