لَوَائِحُ
Root: لوح
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لَوَائِحُ
[pl. of لَائِحَةٌ] The parts of a thing that are apparent, and that show the signs thereof. لَوَائِحُ and
The external parts of a thing. لَوَاحِى الشَّيْبِ
The apparent signs of hoariness, occurs in a verse of Khufáf Ibn-Nudbeh, for لَوَائِح الشيب.
2 السِّلَاحِ Shining, gleaming, or glistening, weapons; such as the sword, end the like, and the spear-head; generally meaning swords, because of their whiteness: or, as some say, the cases, or receptacles, in which are the swords together with their scabbards and suspensory belts or strings, because made of boards. 'Amr Ibn-Ahmar ElBáhilee says,
2 السِّلَاحِ Shining, gleaming, or glistening, weapons; such as the sword, end the like, and the spear-head; generally meaning swords, because of their whiteness: or, as some say, the cases, or receptacles, in which are the swords together with their scabbards and suspensory belts or strings, because made of boards. 'Amr Ibn-Ahmar ElBáhilee says,
[In the evening she is like shining weapons, or like sword-cases, and in the early part of the day, after sunrise, she is like the wild cow on the morning of, or after, rain]. IB says, that the poet means, in the evening she is lean, or slender, like a sword-case; but in the morning, like a wild cow, &c.تُمْسِى كَأَلْوَاحِ السِّلَاحِ وَتُضْ حِى كَٱلْمَهَاةِ صَبِيحَةَ القَطْرِ
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