عِصَامٌ
Root: عصم
Full Definition
عِصَامٌ
The tie of a قِرْبَة [or water-skin]; [i. e.] its [tie called] وَكَآء [which is bound round the head to confine the contents]: and the strap that is used for the carrying thereof: or a cord that is used for the tying, or binding, of the leathern bucket and of the water-skin and of the [leathern vessel for water called] إِدَاوَة: and the loop-shaped handle that serves for the suspending of the [bag, or other receptacle, for travelling-provisions or for goods or utensils &c. called] وِعَآء: and anything that serves for the protection, or preservation, of a thing: pl. [of pauc.] أَعْصِمَةٌ and [of mult.] عُصْمٌ, or عُصُمٌ, and عِصَامٌ, like the sing., of the class of دِلَاصٌ: but Az states, as what had been heard [app. by him] from the Arabs, respecting the عُصْم of [the leathern water-bags called] مَزَاد, that they are the cords that are fixed in the loops of the pairs of water-bags, and with which they are tied when they are bound upon the back of the camel; after which the [rope called] رِوَآء
is bound over them: they are erroneously said by Lth to be the طَرَائِق [app. meaning borders] of the extremity of the
مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag], at the place of the
كُلْيَة [or kidney-shaped piece of leather to which a loop is sewed]. (TA. [See also خُصْمٌ.]) Mention is made, in a trad., of a place where a camel was shackled with عُصْم, as meaning that its abundance of herbage confined him so that he would not go away in search of pasturage.
2 Also The cord, or bond, of the [vehicle called] مَحْمِل, which is bound at the extremity of [each of the transverse pieces of wood called] the عَارِضَانِ [correctly عَارِضَتَانِ], in the upper part of each of these: [for,] as Lth says, there are two of such cords, or bonds: and Az says that the عِصَامَانِ of the مَحْمِل are like those of the [pair of leathern water-bags called] مَزَادَتَانِ.
3 And The slender part of the end of the tail; and عِضَامٌ is a dial. var. thereof: or the tail with its hair and its عَسِيب [q. v.]: pl. أَعْصِمَةٌ.
4 See also عُصْمَةٌ, in two places.
5 Also Collyrium: mentioned on the authority of El-Muärrij: so called because it defends and strengthens the eye.
2 Also The cord, or bond, of the [vehicle called] مَحْمِل, which is bound at the extremity of [each of the transverse pieces of wood called] the عَارِضَانِ [correctly عَارِضَتَانِ], in the upper part of each of these: [for,] as Lth says, there are two of such cords, or bonds: and Az says that the عِصَامَانِ of the مَحْمِل are like those of the [pair of leathern water-bags called] مَزَادَتَانِ.
3 And The slender part of the end of the tail; and عِضَامٌ is a dial. var. thereof: or the tail with its hair and its عَسِيب [q. v.]: pl. أَعْصِمَةٌ.
4 See also عُصْمَةٌ, in two places.
5 Also Collyrium: mentioned on the authority of El-Muärrij: so called because it defends and strengthens the eye.
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