صيص

صِيصِيَةٌ ذ , (S, IB, O,) or ↓ صِيصَةٌ, (K,) thus in all the copies of the K, but it is a mistake, or a contracted form, (TA,) The weaver's [ implement called ] شَوْكَة, with which he makes the warp and the woof even: (S, IB, K:) but IB says that its last radical letter is ى, not ص; so that it should be mentioned among the class of infirm words: (TA;) pl. صَيَاصٍ. (S.) ― -b2- Hence, (S,) The spur of the cock. (S, K.) ― -b3- [Hence also,] The horn of the bull or cow, and of the gazelle: (K:) pl. as above, (TA,) signifying the horns of bulls or cows; which were sometimes fixed upon spears, instead of the iron heads: (S:) and to such horns, called by this name, conflict and faction, or sedition, (فِتْنَة,) is likened in a trad., because of its grievousness: some say that the sing. is صِيصَةٌ, [as in the K,] contracted. (TA.) ― -b4- And hence, (TA,) A wooden pin, or peg, with which dates are plucked out [ when they are compacted in a mass, closely adhering together, in the receptacle of woven palm-leaves, or the like, in which they are packed ]: (K:) likened to the horn of a bull or cow: in this sense, the word is written صِيصَةٌ: and a certain poet changes it to صِيصَجّ. (TA.) ― -b5- [Hence also,] Anything with which one defends himself: pl. as above, (K,) [in the CK erroneously written صَيَاصِى, as though it had the article ال prefixed to it, or were itself prefixed to another noun, for otherwise it is written and pronounced] with the [final] ى elided. (TA.) ― -b6- [Hence also,] A fortress: (K:) pl. in this sense as above. (S, TA.) ― -b7- [Hence also,] A pastor who manages [ and protects ] well his herds or flocks: (AA, K:) in this sense also written صِيصَةٌ. (AA, as in the TA.)