Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شَعِيلٌ

Root: شعل

Full Definition

شَعِيلٌ The like of stars, at the bottom of a cooking-pot; and in tinder, or burnt rag into which fire has fallen.
2 See the next paragraph.
3 And see also أَشْعَلُ.


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