سَبِيكَةٌ
Root: سبك
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سَبِيكَةٌ
[a subst. formed from the epithet سَبِيكٌ by the affix ة, An ingot, i. e.] a piece of gold, or of silver, &c., [i. e.,] sometimes, of any metal, of an oblong form, that has been melted, and cleared of its dross, and poured forth into a mould, [i. e.,] into a
مِسْبَكَة
of iron like the half of a cane divided lengthwise: pl. سَبَائِكُ. An Arab of the desert likened to it a difficult mountain that he desired to ascend, because of its smoothness; saying, أَىُّ سَبِيكَةٍ هٰذِهِ [What an ingot is this !].
2 The pl. is also applied to وُقَاق [i. e.
2 The pl. is also applied to وُقَاق [i. e.
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