Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عَلَكَهُ

Root: علك

Form: 1

Full Definition

عَلَكَهُI , Present.T ـُ and ـِ Verbal.Noun عَلْكٌ, He chewed it; and moved it backwards and forwards in his mouth, to chew it.
2 عَلَكَ اللِّجَامَ, Present.T ـُ or ـِ He chewed, or champed, the bit, or moved it about, in his mouth; like أَلَكَهُ. (ISd and K in art. الك.)
3 And عَلَكَ نَابَيْهِ He ground, or grated, his canine teeth, one with the other, so that a sound was produced.
4 عَلَكَتْ عَجِينَهَا She kneaded well her dough.


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