Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شَنِينٌ

Root: شن

Full Definition

شَنِينٌ Poured forth: applied in this sense by the Hudhalee poet 'Abd-Menáf to thick blood (عَلَق).
2 And Pure milk upon which cold water has been poured: or any milk, whether fresh or collected in a skin at different times, upon which water is poured.

def.2 And The dropping by degrees, of water from a skin, and of tears. (S, TA. [See also 2, and see شِنْشِنَةٌ.])


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