شَلِيلٌ
Root: شل
Full Definition
شَلِيلٌ
, accord. to AO, or A 'Obeyd, An innermost covering for the body, worn beneath the coat of mail, whether it be a
ثَوْب
or some other thing: and, sometimes, a short coat of mail, worn beneath the upper one, or worn beneath the large one: or in a general sense: [i. e.] a coat of mail itself is called شَلِيلٌ; and also
شُلَّةٌ : pl. أَشِلَّةٌ; in the K, erroneously, شِلَّةٌ.
2 Also A [cloth such as is termed] حِلْس, or مِسْح, of wool or of [goats'] hair, that is put upon the rump, or croup, of the camel, behind the [saddle called] رَحْل. [See also سَنِيفٌ.]
def.2 And The part, of a valley, in which the water flows: or the middle of a valley, where flows the main body of water: so says A 'Obeyd, on the authority of AO; but the word commonly known [in this sense] is سَلِيلٌ, with the unpointed س.
def.3 And The نُخَاع [or spinal cord]; [also called the سَلِيل;] i. e. the white عِرْق [or nerve] that is in the vertebræ of the back: mentioned by Kr.
2 And Long streaks, or strips, of flesh, extending with the back: n. un. with ة also mentioned by Kr: but the more approved word
def.4 And Clouds in which is no water; syn. جَهَامٌ.
2 Also A [cloth such as is termed] حِلْس, or مِسْح, of wool or of [goats'] hair, that is put upon the rump, or croup, of the camel, behind the [saddle called] رَحْل. [See also سَنِيفٌ.]
def.2 And The part, of a valley, in which the water flows: or the middle of a valley, where flows the main body of water: so says A 'Obeyd, on the authority of AO; but the word commonly known [in this sense] is سَلِيلٌ, with the unpointed س.
def.3 And The نُخَاع [or spinal cord]; [also called the سَلِيل;] i. e. the white عِرْق [or nerve] that is in the vertebræ of the back: mentioned by Kr.
2 And Long streaks, or strips, of flesh, extending with the back: n. un. with ة also mentioned by Kr: but the more approved word
def.4 And Clouds in which is no water; syn. جَهَامٌ.
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