علق

عَلْقٌ ذ A hole in a garment, (K, TA,) caused by one's passing by a tree or a thorn that has caught to it; (TA;) as also ↓ عَلَقٌ: (K, TA:) or a thing that has caught, or clung, to a garment, and pulled it [ and, app., frayed, or rent, it ]. (S. [See also عَلْقَةٌ.]) -A2- And The act of reviling. (K.) [See also عَلَقَهُ بِلِسَانِهِ, (of which it is the inf. n.,) near the end of the first paragraph.] -A3- And A species of trees used for tanning. (K.) -A4- See also the next paragraph, in two places.