عُقْلَةٌ
Root: عقل
Full Definition
2 [Hence it seems to signify An impediment of any kind.] One says, بِهِ عُقْلَةٌ مِنَ السِّحْرِ وَقَدْ عُمِلَتْ لَهُ نُشْرَةٌ [app. meaning In him is an impediment arising from enchantment, and a charm, or an amulet, has been made for him].
3 And A [mode of] twisting one's leg with another's in wrestling. See 1, latter half.
4 And A twisting of the tongue when one desires to speak. (Mbr, TA in art. حبس.)
5 And, in the conventional language of the geomancers, it consists of A unit and a pair and a unit, the sign =
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