عقل

عُقْلَةٌ ذ A bond like the عِقَال [q. v.]: or a shackle. (Har p. 199.) ― -b2- [Hence it seems to signify An impediment of any kind.] One says, بِهِ عُقْلَةٌ مِنَ السِّحْرِ وَقَدْ عُمِلَتْ لَهُ نُشْرَةٌ [app. meaning In him is an impediment arising from enchantment, and a charm, or an amulet, has been made for him ]. (S, O.) ― -b3- And A [ mode of ] twisting one's leg with another's in wrestling. (TA.) See 1, latter half. ― -b4- And A twisting of the tongue when one desires to speak. (Mbr, TA in art. حبس.) ― -b5- And, in the conventional language of the geomancers, (O, K,) it consists of A unit and a pair and a unit, (O,) the sign = The original text has two parallel horizontal bars with a small circle above and below. : (K, TA:) also called ثِقَافٌ. (O, TA.)