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مُسْبِلٌ

Root: سبل

Full Definition

مُسْبِلٌ A man lengthening his garment, and making it to hang down to the ground. [And in like manner,] applied to a woman, [though without ة,] Who has made her skirt to hang down [app. to the ground].
2 See also أَسْبَلُ.
3 And المُسْبِلُ signifies The penis: because of its pendulousness.
4 And The [lizard called] ضَبّ.
5 And the fifth of the arrows used in the game called المَيْسِر: or the sixth of those arrows, also called المُصْفَحُ, in which are six notches, and to which are assigned six shares [of the slaughtered camel] if it win, and six fines if it do not win: pl. المَسَابِلُ.
6 And مُسْبِلٌ is one of the names of Dhul-Hijjeh; of the time of 'Ád.
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