شِصَارٌ
Root: شصر
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شِصَارٌ
The small sharp-pointed piece of wood, or prickle, or the small sharp-pointed pieces of wood, or prickles, with which the operation termed
تَزْنِيدٌ [which is that described above in the explanation of شَصَرَ النَّاقَةَ] is performed; as also
شِصْرٌ : or
, or شِصَارَانِ, is a term applied to two pieces of wood, which are thrust through the edge of the rectum of a she-camel, and then bound with a strong string of the fibres of the palm-tree, behind them: this is done when they desire to make a she-camel affect the young one of another: they take a stuffed دُرْجَة [q. v.], and insert it into her rectum, and transfix the rectum with two sharp-pointed pieces of wood, which they bind as above described: this operation is termed
شَصْرٌ and تَزْنِيدٌ. [See also 1.]
2 Accord. to the T, A piece of wood, which is bound between the two edges of a she-camel's vulva.
3 And A piece of wood, which is inserted between the nostrils of a she camel.
2 Accord. to the T, A piece of wood, which is bound between the two edges of a she-camel's vulva.
3 And A piece of wood, which is inserted between the nostrils of a she camel.
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