صير

صَيِّرَةٌ ذ A thing, upon the head of a قَارَة [or small isolated mountain or the like ], resembling the [ heap of stones, piled up as a sign of the way, called ] أَمَرَة, except that it is cased, and the امرة is taller than it, and larger; or [in my originals “ and ”] they are both cased, but the امرة is peaked and tall, and the صيّره is round and wide, and has angles [app. at the base ]; and sometimes it is excavated, and gold and silver are found in it: it is of the work of 'Ád and Irem. (O, TA.)