سبك

سَبِيكَةٌ ذ [a subst. formed from the epithet سَبِيكٌ by the affix ة, An ingot, i. e.] a piece (Lth, Mgh, Msb, K) of gold, (Lth, Mgh, Msb, TA,) or of silver, (Lth, S, Mgh, TA,) &c., (Mgh,) [i. e.,] sometimes, of any metal, (Msb,) of an oblong form, (Mgh, Msb,) that has been melted, (Lth, S, Mgh, Msb, K, TA,) and cleared of its dross, (Mgh,) and poured forth (K, TA) into a mould, (TA,) [i. e.,] into a مِسْبَكَة of iron like the half of a cane divided lengthwise: (Lth, TA:) pl. سَبَائِكُ. (Lth, S, Msb.) An Arab of the desert likened to it a difficult mountain that he desired to ascend, because of its smoothness; saying, أَىُّ سَبِيكَةٍ هٰذِهِ [ What an ingot is this ! ]. (A, TA.) ― -b2- The pl. is also applied to وُقَاق [i. e. (assumed tropical:) Thin, flat, bread ]; this being so called because it is made of choice, or pure, flour; and is as though it were prepared therefrom by being melted and poured into a mould (كَأَنَّهُ سُبِكَ مِنْهَ), and cleared from the bran. (TA.)