عسل

1 عَسَلَ الطَّعَامَ ذ , aor. عَسُلَ and عَسِلَ , (S, O, K,) inf. n. عَسْلٌ, (TA,) He made, or prepared, the food with عَسَل [i. e. honey ]: (S, O:) or, as also ↓ عسّلهُ, (K, TA,) inf. n. تَعْسِيلٌ, (TA,) he mixed the food with honey, (K, TA,) and made it pleasant and sweet. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] عَسَلَهُ (tropical:) He made him an object of eulogy. (IAar, K, TA.) And (tropical:) He (i. e. God) made him an object of love to men. (K, TA.) Accord. to an explanation by the Prophet, of a saying of his in which it occurs, (tropical:) He (i. e. God) granted him, or permitted him, (O, TA,) i. e. disposed him, (TA,) to do a good deed, before his death, so that those around him were pleased with him, and eulogized him; the good deed being likened to honey. (O, TA.) ― -b3- And He fed him with honey. (TA.) See also 2. ― -b4- The inf. n. عَسْلٌ also signifies The extracting honey from a bee-hive. (KL.) ― -b5- And عَسَلَ المَرْأَةَ, aor. عَسِلَ , (K, TA,) inf. n. عَسْلٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He compressed the woman: (K, TA:) the verb in this sense may be derived from a phrase mentioned voce عُسَيْلَةٌ, or it may be a word independently coined: ISd says, “ In my opinion it is derived. ” (TA.) ― -b6- عَسَلَ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ, inf. n. عَسَلٌ, [in form] like حَلَبَ, inf. n. حَلَبٌ, He tasted his food. (AA, O, K.) -A2- عَسَلَ, said of a spear, aor. عَسِلَ , inf. n. عَسَلَانٌ (S, O, K) and عَسْلٌ [correctly عَسَلٌ] and عُسُولٌ, (K,) It quivered: (S, K:) or quivered much. (K. [In the CK, عَسْلًا and عَسْلانًا are put for عَسَلًا and عَسَلَانًا.]) ― -b2- And عَسَلَ said of water, inf. n. عَسَلٌ and عَسَلَانٌ, (K, TA,) both with fet-h to the س, (TA, [but the former in the CK is with the س quiescent,]) It became agitated (K, TA) and rippled, (TA,) being put in a state of commotion by the wind. (K, TA.) ― -b3- And عَسَلَ said of a wolf, (S, O, K,) or of a horse, (K,) or of a fox, (TA,) inf. n. عَسَلٌ and عَسَلَانٌ, (S, O, K, TA, [but both in the CK with the س quiescent,]) He went the pace termed عَنَق, or خَبَب, [i. e., with wide steps, ] and quickly: and in like manner said of a man: (S, O:) or he was in a state of agitation in his running, and shook his head, (K, TA,) going along quickly: (TA:) or عَسَلَانٌ signifies the shaking of the limbs in running; and is mostly used in relation to the wolf: (Er-Rághib, TA:) and, as some say, عَسَلُ الفَرَسِ and عَسَلَانُهُ signify the horse's being vehement, or ardent, (أَنْ يَضْطَرِمَ,) in his running, bending down his head, and having his back even: and عَسَلَ الطَّرِيقَ, said of a fox, occurs in a verse of Sá'ideh Ibn-Ju-eiyeh, for عَسَلَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ [app. a mistranscription for عسل فِى الطريق], like the phrase دَخَلْتُ البَيْتَ [for دخلت فِى البَيْتِ]. (TA. [See what next follows.]) One says also, of a guide, عَسَلَ بِا@لْمَفَازَةِ, (K, TA,) or فِى الطَّرِيقِ, (Ham p. 353,) He went quickly, (K,) or went with wide steps, like the wolf, (TA,) [ in the desert, or waterless desert, or in the way ]. كَذَبَ عَلَيْكَ العَسَلُ (S, K) and العَسَلَ, (K,) occurring in a trad., means Keep thou to going along quickly; (S, K, TA;) from العَسَلَانُ signifying the going along of the wolf and the quivering of the spear: or, as some say, by العَسَلُ is here meant عَسَلُ النَّحْلِ [ the honey of bees ]. (TA. See also art. كذب.) -A3- عَسِلَ بِالشَّىْءِ, (O, TA,) with kesr [to the س], (O,) like عَلِمَ, (TA,) or عَسَلَ بالشّىء, (so in two copies of the S, [in one of my copies of the S omitted,]) inf. n. عَسَلٌ, with fet-h to the س, (O,) or عُسُولٌ (S, TA) and عَسْلٌ, (TA,) He kept, or clave, to the thing. (S, O, TA.)