صَبِيبٌ
Root: صب
Full Definition
2 And some say Blood: and sweat; as in the saying,
[Vehement midday-heats that draw forth the sweat]: [or what is poured forth of sweat and of blood; for] one says, جَرَى صَبِيبُ العَرَقِ and الدَّمِ [What was poured forth, of the sweat and of the blood, ran, or flowed].هَوَاجِرُ تَحْتَلِبُ الصَّبِيبَا
3 And some say The expressed juice of عَنْدَم [or dragon's blood].
4 And some say A certain red dye.
5 And The juice of the leaves of sesame: A 'Obeyd says, it is the juice of the leaves of sesame, or of some other plant, which was described to me in Egypt, the colour of which juice is red tinged with blackness: and some say, it is the expressed juice of the leaves of the حِنَّآء [q. v.].
6 And عُصْفُر [i. e. Safflower]: or purified عُصْفُر.
7 And A kind of tree [or plant] resembling سَذَاب [or rue], with which the hair is dyed.
8 And Senna, with which beards are dyed, as with حِنَّآء.
9 And A certain thing [or plant] resembling the وَسْمَة [or وَسِمَة, q. v.], with which beards are dyed.
10 Also Hoar-frost. AA cites, as descriptive of the sky,
[And there is not in it aught save east wind and its hoar-frost].وَلَيْسَ بهَا الَّا صَبًا وَصَبِيبُهَا
11 And Good, or excellent, honey.
12 Also, or صَبِيبُ سَيْفٍ, The extremity of a sword: or the extremity next the سِيلَان [q. v.] thereof: or, as some say, its سيلان absolutely.
13 See also صَبَبٌ.
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