عظل

3 عَاظَلَت ذ , (S, TA,) or عاظلت فِى السِّفَادِ, (O,) inf. n. مُعَاظَلَةٌ and عِظَالٌ, (S, K,) said of dogs, (S, O, K,) and of beasts of prey, (TA,) and of locusts, (S, K,) and of whatever stick fast (S, O, K, TA) in coitu; (TA;) as also ↓ تعَاظلت, (S, O, K, *) and ↓ اعتظلت, (O, K, *) said of locusts (O) &c.; (K;) [and so ↓ تعظّلت; (see 5 below;)] Cohæserunt in coitu. (S, O, K, TA.) ― -b2- And عاظلهُ is said of anything as meaning It mounted upon it, or overlay it. (El-Ámidee, TA.) ― -b3- العِظَالُ فِى القَوَافِى signifies التَّضْمِينُ [i. e. The introducing into verses a hemistich, or a verse, or more, of another poet; &c.: see more in art. ضمن] (S, O.) One says, عاظل فِى القَافِيَةِ, inf. n. عِظَالٌ, meaning ضَمَّنَ [i. e. He introduced into the ode a hemistich, &c.]. (K.) And فُلَانٌ لَا يُعَاظِلُ فِى القَوَافِى [ Such a one does not, or will not, introduce into verses &c.]. (S.) 'Omar said, of the best of poets, لَا يُعَاظِلُ الكَلَامَ, meaning He does not make one part of the language to accord in meaning with another, [so I render لَمْ يَحْمِلْ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ, (see art. حمل,) i. e. he does not make use of tautology, ] nor does he utter that which is a repetition, or that which is disapproved, (الرَّجِيع مِنَ القَوْل,) nor reiterate an expression: or, accord. to El-Ámidee, he does not make the language obscure, nor crowd one part of it upon another: (TA:) or he said, لَمْ يُعَاظِلْ بَيْنَ القَوْلِ, referring to Zuheyr, and meaning he rendered the saying distinct and plain, and did not make it obscure. (O, TA. *) ― -b4- عاظلهُ also signifies He said to him, “ I am like thee, ” or “ better than thou, ” the latter saying the same. (Marg. note in an autographical copy of the TA.)