خل

خِلَّةٌ خل خله خلة : see 1, near the middle of the paragraph: -A2- and see also خُلَالةٌ, in four places: -A3- and خُلَّةٌ, first sentence, in two places: -A4- and خَلِيلٌ, in two places. -A5- Also The جَفْن [i. e. the scabbard, or the case, ] of a sword, covered with leather: (K:) or a lining with which the جَفْن of a sword is covered, (S, K, and Ham pp. 330 et seq.,) variegated, or embellished, with gold &c.; (S;) but the pl. is also used as meaning scabbards: (Ham p. 331:) and a thong that is fixed upon the outer side of the curved extremity of a bow: (S, K:) in the T it is explained as meaning the inner side of the thong of the جَفْن, which is seen from without, and is an ornament, or a decoration: (TA:) and any piece of skin that is variegated, or embellished: (M, K:) the pl. is خِلَلٌ (S, K, and Ham p. 330) and خِلَالٌ, and pl. pl. أَخِلَّةٌ, (K,) i. e. pl. of خِلَالٌ. (TA.)