عصل

أَعْصَلُ ذ , applied to a horse, Having a twisting of the عَسِيب [ of the tail, such as is termed عَصَلٌ, expl. above]: pl. عِصَالٌ, (K, * TA,) which is extr.; or, in the opinion of ISd, this is pl. of ↓ عَصِلٌ. (TA.) And Crooked, with hardness; as also ↓ عَصِلٌ; (K, TA;) both applied to anything: (TA:) pl. as above. (K, TA.) And [simply] Crooked; applied in this sense to a canine tooth; and to an arrow: pl. عُصْلٌ: (K, TA: [in the CK and in my MS. copy of the K, وَكَكِتَابٍ الأَعْوَجُ وَالسَّهْمُ المُعْوَجُّ is erroneously put for وَلِلنَّابِ الأَعْوَجِ وَالسَّهْمِ المُعْوَجِّ:]) or [the pl.] عُصْلٌ is applied in this sense to arrows: and أَعْصَلُ applied to a canine tooth signifies crooked and strong or hard; (S, O, TA;) and ↓ عَصِلٌ likewise signifies crooked and strong or hard, and old; applied to the canine tooth of a camel, because it is thus only when the camel has become advanced in age: and the former, applied to an arrow, signifies also scanty in the feathers. (TA.) ― -b2- Also Crooked in the shank, (S, O, K, TA,) dry, or tough, in the body: (TA:) pl. عُصْلٌ: (K:) and the sing., applied to a man, [simply,] dry, or tough, in the body; and so [the fem.] عَصْلَاآءُ applied to a woman: (TA:) or this, thus applied, signifies having no flesh upon her, (K, TA,) and dry, or tough: (TA:) and [the pl.] عُصْلٌ is applied to camels as meaning lank in their bellies. (O.) ― -b3- Also (K, TA, in the CK “ or ”) Keeping, or clinging, to a thing, and favourably inclined to it. (K, TA.) ― -b4- And أَمْرٌ أَعْصَلُ (tropical:) An affair, or a case, that is hard, troublesome, or distressing. (TA.)