علق

مِعْلَقٌ ذ A small عُلْبَة [or milking-vessel ]: (S, O, TA:) next is the جَنْبَة, larger than it: then, the حَوْءَبَة, the largest of these: the مِعْلَق is the best of these, and is a drinking-cup, or bowl, which the rider upon a camel hangs with him [ upon his saddle ]: (TA:) pl. مَعَالِقُ. (S, O, TA.) [See an ex. voce شَرْبَةٌ.]