قير

قِيرٌ ذ i. q. قَارٌ [ Tar: or pitch ]: (S, A, Msb, K:) a certain black thing with which are smeared ships, (K, TA,) to prevent the water from entering, (TA,) and camels, also, (K, TA,) for the mange, or scab, and whereof there is a species with which anklets and bracelets are filled: it is extracted by melting from [ the ] صعد: (TA:) [صُعُدٌ is the name of a certain tree from which tar is melted forth: (L, art. صعد:)] or i. q. زِفْتٌ: (A, K, TA:) and the best thereof is of the colour termed شُقْرَة. (TA.) [See also كُفْرٌ.]