مِسْحَلٌ
Root: سحل
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مِسْحَلٌ
An implement for cutting, hewing, or paring, of wood.
2 A file.
3 [Hence,]
4
5
6 A copious rain: from سَحْلٌ meaning the act of “ pouring forth. ”
7 A water-spout (مِيزَاب) of which the water is not to be withstood [so I render لَا يُطَاقُ مَاؤُهُ, app. meaning, that pours forth its water with such violence that no obstruction will resist it].
8 The mouth of a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag].
9 A brisk, lively, sprightly, or active, waterer, or cup-bearer.
10 Extreme (نِهَايَةٌ) in bounty, or munificence.
11 A courageous man, who acts, (يَعْمَلُ, so in the M and K, TA,) or charges, or makes an assault or attack, (يَحْمِلُ, so in the O, TA,) alone, or by himself.
12 The flogger who inflicts the castigations appointed by the law before, or in the presence of, the Sultán.
def.2 I. q. لِجَامٌ [as meaning The bridle, or headstall and reins with the bit and other appertenances]; as also سِحَالٌ ; like as you say مِنْطَقٌ and نِطَاقٌ, and مِئْزَرٌ and إِزَارٌ: or its فَأْس; which is the piece of iron that stands up in the mouth [from the middle of the bit-mouth]; as IDrd says in the “ Book of the Saddle and Bridle: ” and two rings, one of which is inserted into the other, at the two extremities of the شَكِيم of the bridle, which is [generally applied to the bit-mouth, but is here said by SM to be] the piece of iron that is beneath the lower lip: or, accord. to IDrd, the مِسْحَل of the bridle is a piece of iron which is beneath the lower jaw; and the فَأْس is the piece of iron that stands up in the شَكِيمَة; and the شَكِيمَة is the piece of iron that lies crosswise in the mouth: and the pl. is مَسَاحِلُ: or the مِسْحَلَانِ are two rings at the two extremities of the شَكِيم [or bit-mouth] of the bridle, one of which is inserted into the other [so that they occupy the place of our curb-chain]: they are [also said to be] the خَدَّانِ [lit. two cheeks] of the bridle: the مِسْحَل is beneath the part in which is the bridle, and upon it flow the foam and blood of the horse. (Az, TA voce قَيْقَبٌ. [See also لِجَامٌ and فَأْسٌ.]) One says of a horse when exerting himself, and being quick, in his going, and thrusting forward therein his head, رَكِبَ مِسْحَلَهُ [He bore upon his bridle, &c.]. And hence, this phrase means [also]
2 Also, [from the same word as meaning the “ bridle, ” or “ headstall &c., ”]
def.3 A clean thin garment, or piece of cloth, of cotton. (O, K, TA. [See also سَحْلٌ.])
2 A rope, or string, or thread, that is twisted alone: if with another, [i. e. with another strand,] it is termed مُبْرَمٌ, and مُغَارٌ. (TA. [See, again, سَحْلٌ.])
3 A sieve.
def.4 The wild ass: [because of his braying:] see 1, last sentence: an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates.
2 A brisk, lively, sprightly, or active, ass.
3 A low, vile, mean, or sordid, man.
4 A devil.
5 The name of The تَابِعَة or [familiar] jinnee or genie of [the poet] El-Aashà. (S, O, K. [In the K it is implied that it is with the article ال: but accord. to the S and O and TA, it is without ال.])
2 A file.
3 [Hence,]
4
5
6 A copious rain: from سَحْلٌ meaning the act of “ pouring forth. ”
7 A water-spout (مِيزَاب) of which the water is not to be withstood [so I render لَا يُطَاقُ مَاؤُهُ, app. meaning, that pours forth its water with such violence that no obstruction will resist it].
8 The mouth of a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag].
9 A brisk, lively, sprightly, or active, waterer, or cup-bearer.
10 Extreme (نِهَايَةٌ) in bounty, or munificence.
11 A courageous man, who acts, (يَعْمَلُ, so in the M and K, TA,) or charges, or makes an assault or attack, (يَحْمِلُ, so in the O, TA,) alone, or by himself.
12 The flogger who inflicts the castigations appointed by the law before, or in the presence of, the Sultán.
def.2 I. q. لِجَامٌ [as meaning The bridle, or headstall and reins with the bit and other appertenances]; as also سِحَالٌ ; like as you say مِنْطَقٌ and نِطَاقٌ, and مِئْزَرٌ and إِزَارٌ: or its فَأْس; which is the piece of iron that stands up in the mouth [from the middle of the bit-mouth]; as IDrd says in the “ Book of the Saddle and Bridle: ” and two rings, one of which is inserted into the other, at the two extremities of the شَكِيم of the bridle, which is [generally applied to the bit-mouth, but is here said by SM to be] the piece of iron that is beneath the lower lip: or, accord. to IDrd, the مِسْحَل of the bridle is a piece of iron which is beneath the lower jaw; and the فَأْس is the piece of iron that stands up in the شَكِيمَة; and the شَكِيمَة is the piece of iron that lies crosswise in the mouth: and the pl. is مَسَاحِلُ: or the مِسْحَلَانِ are two rings at the two extremities of the شَكِيم [or bit-mouth] of the bridle, one of which is inserted into the other [so that they occupy the place of our curb-chain]: they are [also said to be] the خَدَّانِ [lit. two cheeks] of the bridle: the مِسْحَل is beneath the part in which is the bridle, and upon it flow the foam and blood of the horse. (Az, TA voce قَيْقَبٌ. [See also لِجَامٌ and فَأْسٌ.]) One says of a horse when exerting himself, and being quick, in his going, and thrusting forward therein his head, رَكِبَ مِسْحَلَهُ [He bore upon his bridle, &c.]. And hence, this phrase means [also]
2 Also, [from the same word as meaning the “ bridle, ” or “ headstall &c., ”]
def.3 A clean thin garment, or piece of cloth, of cotton. (O, K, TA. [See also سَحْلٌ.])
2 A rope, or string, or thread, that is twisted alone: if with another, [i. e. with another strand,] it is termed مُبْرَمٌ, and مُغَارٌ. (TA. [See, again, سَحْلٌ.])
3 A sieve.
def.4 The wild ass: [because of his braying:] see 1, last sentence: an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates.
2 A brisk, lively, sprightly, or active, ass.
3 A low, vile, mean, or sordid, man.
4 A devil.
5 The name of The تَابِعَة or [familiar] jinnee or genie of [the poet] El-Aashà. (S, O, K. [In the K it is implied that it is with the article ال: but accord. to the S and O and TA, it is without ال.])
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