سِنْسِنٌ
Root: سن
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سِنْسِنٌ
The edge of a vertebra or of the vertebræ of the back; as also
سِنْسِنَةٌ and
سِنٌّ : pl. سَنَاسِنُ: and the head [of any] of the bones of the breast: and the extremity of the rib in the breast: or, as some say, سَنَاسِنُ signifies the heads of the extremities of the bones of the breast, which are the soft heads of the bones of the
زَوْر: or the extremities of the ribs in the breast: or, of a horse, the prominent [ribs, or anterior parts of the ribs, called] جَوَانِح, resembling the
ضُلُوع, but stopping short of the
ضُلُوع: or the upper part of the hump of a camel: [or the middle of the lower part of the hump; for,] accord. to Az, لَحْمُ سَنَاسِنِ
البَعِيرِ signifies the flesh that is between the two sides, or halves, of the hump of the camel; which is the best of the sorts of flesh, and is marbled with fat: or سَنَاسِنُ signifies bones [in general]; as also شَنَاشِنُ: and accord. to Ibn-'Amr [or Aboo-'Amr?] and others, it signifies the heads of the
مَحَالَة [app. here meaning vertebræ]; and [it is also said that the sing.] سِنْسِنٌ signifies the head of the
مَحَالَة [which signifies a vertebra as well as vertebræ, or is more correctly without ة when applied to the latter].
def.2 Also Thirst.
def.2 Also Thirst.
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