رص

رَصَاصٌ ذ (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ رِصَاصٌ, (M,) or the latter is vulgar, (S,) and not allowable, (K,) or, accord. to AHát, it is correct, and it is quoted by Ez-Zarkashee, and by certain of the Expositors of the Fs, and is the only form mentioned by AHei, (TA,) and, accord. to some of the moderns, ↓ رُصَاصٌ also, (MF,) and ↓ رَصَصٌ, (M, TA,) which is a contraction of the first, (TA,) [ Lead; ] a certain mineral, (M,) well known; (S, K;) i. q. عَلَابِىُّ; (Mgh;) pure Arabic; (IDrd;) so called because of the compactness of its particles: (IDrd, M:) it is of two kinds; the black, which is [ also called ] أُسْرُبٌّ, and أَبَّارٌ or اـِبَارٌ [accord. to different copies of the K]; and white, which is [ also called ] قَلْعِىٌّ, and قَصْدِيرٌ [which is applied in the present day to tin, and pewter ]: if a little thereof [of the former kind thereof accord. to the TA] be thrown into a cooking-pot, its flesh-meat will never become thoroughly cooked: and if a tree be encompassed by a ring thereof, its fruit will not drop, but will become abundant: (K:) and Abu-l-Hoseyn ElMedáïnee says, it used to be said, the drinking from a vessel thereof is a security against the colic: (TA:) ↓ رَصَاصَةٌ signifies a piece thereof. (Msb.)