سلع

2 تَسْلِيعٌ ذ [inf. n. of سَلَّعَ as used in the phrase سلّع البَقَرَ, or ثِيرَانَ الوَحْشِ, (see مُسَلَّعَةٌ,)] signifies a practice which was observed in the Time of Ignorance, when the people were afflicted with drought, or barrenness of the earth; which was The hanging the [ kind of tree, or plant, called ] سَلَع, with the [ species of swallow-wort called ] عُشَر, to wild bulls, and sending them down from the mountains, having kindled fire in the سلع and عشر; seeking thereby to obtain rain: (K, TA:) or the loading the backs of those animals with the fire-wood of the سلع and عشر, then kindling fire therein; seeking to obtain rain by the flame of the fire, which was likened to the gleaming of lightning. (TA.) [See also سَلَعٌ, where a meaning somewhat different from those above is indicated.])