Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

ثِيَابٌ سَحُولِيَّةٌ ذ Certain garments, or pieces of cloth, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, TA,) of cotton, (S, TA,) white, (Mgh, TA,) so called in relation to سَحُولٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) a place, (S, K,) or town, (Mgh, Msb,) of El-Yemen, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) where they are woven, (K,) or whence they are brought: (Msb:) some say سُحُولِيَّةٌ, with damm; (Mgh, Msb, TA;) so say Az and El-Kutabee; (Mgh;) a rel. n. from سُحُولٌ, pl. of سَحْلٌ, (Mgh, Msb, * TA,) meaning “ a white garment or piece of cloth (Mgh, TA) of cotton; ” (TA;) but this is [said to be] a mistake; (Msb;) or it is allowable because فُعُولٌ sometimes occurs as the measure of a sing., to which this pl. is likened; as is said in the O: (TA:) or the former appellation is applied, as some say, to garments, or pieces of cloth, beaten and washed and whitened; so called in relation to سَحُولٌ meaning “ one who beats and washes and whitens clothes. ” (TA.)

سَاحِلٌ ذ (tropical:) A shore of a sea or great river (S, Msb, K, TA) [and] of a river (نَهْر) like جُدٌّ; (Mgh in art. جد;) [generally, a sea-shore, seacoast, or seaboard; ] and a tract of cultivated land, with towns or villages, adjacent to a sea or great river: (K:) a reversed word, (IDrd, S, K,) by rule مَسْحُولٌ, (IDrd, K,) of the measure فَاعِلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, (TA,) because the water abrades it, (IDrd, S, K, TA,) or comes upon it: (TA:) or [it is a possessive epithet, like لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ,] meaning having abrading water (ذُو سَاحِلٍ مِنَ المَاآءِ) when the tide flows and ebbs and so sweeps away what is upon it. (K.) And The side (سِيف) of a valley. (K. in art. سيف.) Pl. سَوَاحِلُ. (Msb.)

اـِسْحِلٌ ذ A kind of trees, (AHn, S, K,) resembling the [ species of tamarisk called ] أَثْل, and growing in the places where the [ trees called ] أَرَاك grow, in plain, or soft, tracts: (AHn, TA:) its twigs are used for cleaning the teeth: (AHn, K * TA:) and Imra-el-Keys likens the fingers of a woman to tooth-sticks (مَسَاوِيك) thereof. (S, TA. [See EM p. 30.]) It is [said to be] a word that has no parallel in form except اـِذْخِرٌ and اـِجْرِدٌ and اـِبْلِمٌ and اـِثْمِدٌ. (TA.)

أَسَاحِلُ ذ [a pl. of which the sing. is not mentioned] Water-courses, or places in which water flows. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)

مُسْحَلٌ ذ : see سَحْلٌ.

مِسْحَلٌ ذ An implement for cutting, hewing, or paring, (Lth, K, TA,) of wood. (Lth, TA.) ― -b2- A file. (S, K.) ― -b3- [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) The tongue, in an absolute sense: (K, TA:) [see مِبْرَدٌ: or as being an instrument of reviling,] from سَحَلَ “ he reviled. ” (TA.) J explains المِسْحَلُ as meaning اللِّسَانُ الخَطِيبُ, (K, TA,) and MF defends this as meaning The tongue that speaks well: (TA:) [and it is said in the Ham p. 683 to signify اللِّسَانُ الَّذِى لَا يَتَأَتَّى لِلْكَلَامِ, app. meaning the tongue that does not prepare itself for speech; i. e, the ready tongue: ] but [F says that] the right reading is اللِّسَانُ وَالخَطِيبُ (K) [i. e.] ― -b4- مِسْحَلٌ also signifies i. q. خَطِيبٌ (assumed tropical:) [ A speaker, an orator, or a preacher; or a good speaker &c.]: and and eloquent خَطِيب; (K, TA;) one who scarcely, or never, stops short in his speech; excelling such as is termed مِصْقَعٌ. (TA.) ― -b5- (assumed tropical:) One who is skilled in the reading, or reciting, of the Kur-án: (K:) from سَحْلٌ meaning the “ making ” [a thing] “ to be consecutive in its parts, or portions; ” and the “ pouring forth ” [water &c.]. (TA.) ― -b6- A copious rain: (K:) from سَحْلٌ meaning the act of “ pouring forth. ” (TA.) ― -b7- A water-spout (مِيزَاب) of which the water is not to be withstood [so I render لَا يُطَاقُ مَاؤُهُ, app. meaning, that pours forth its water with such violence that no obstruction will resist it ]. (O, K.) ― -b8- The mouth of a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag ]. (O, K.) ― -b9- A brisk, lively, sprightly, or active, waterer, or cup-bearer. (O, K.) ― -b10- Extreme (نِهَايَةٌ) in bounty, or munificence. (O, K.) ― -b11- A courageous man, who acts, (يَعْمَلُ, so in the M and K, TA,) or charges, or makes an assault or attack, (يَحْمِلُ, so in the O, TA,) alone, or by himself. (M, O, K.) ― -b12- The flogger who inflicts the castigations appointed by the law (O, K) before, or in the presence of, the Sultán. (O.) -A2- I. q. لِجَامٌ [as meaning The bridle, or headstall and reins with the bit and other appertenances ]; as also ↓ سِحَالٌ; (K;) like as you say مِنْطَقٌ and نِطَاقٌ, and مِئْزَرٌ and اـِزَارٌ: (TA:) or its فَأْس; (K;) which is the piece of iron that stands up in the mouth [from the middle of the bit-mouth]; as IDrd says in the “ Book of the Saddle and Bridle: ” (TA:) and two rings, (K, TA,) one of which is inserted into the other, (TA,) at the two extremities of the شَكِيم of the bridle, (K, TA,) which is [generally applied to the bit-mouth, but is here said by SM to be] the piece of iron that is beneath the lower lip: or, accord. to IDrd, the مِسْحَل of the bridle is a piece of iron which is beneath the lower jaw; and the فَأْس is the piece of iron that stands up in the شَكِيمَة; and the شَكِيمَة is the piece of iron that lies crosswise in the mouth: and the pl. is مَسَاحِلُ: (TA:) or the مِسْحَلَانِ are two rings at the two extremities of the شَكِيم [or bit-mouth ] of the bridle, one of which is inserted into the other [ so that they occupy the place of our curb-chain ]: (S:) they are [also said to be] the خَدَّانِ [lit. two cheeks ] of the bridle: (TA:) the مِسْحَل is beneath the part in which is the bridle, and upon it flow the foam and blood of the horse. (Az, TA voce قَيْقَبٌ. [See also لِجَامٌ and فَأْسٌ.]) One says of a horse when exerting himself, and being quick, in his going, and thrusting forward therein his head, رَكِبَ مِسْحَلَهُ [ He bore upon his bridle, &c.]. (O, TA.) And hence, (TA,) this phrase means [also] (assumed tropical:) He (a man, TA) followed his error, not desisting from it: (K, TA:) مِسْحَلٌ signifying (assumed tropical:) error: (K:) and [in like manner] طَعَنَ فِى مِسْحَلِ ضَلَالَتِهِ means (assumed tropical:) He hastened, and strove in his error. (TA.) Also, the former of these two phrases, (assumed tropical:) He resolved, or determined, upon the [or his ] affair, and strove, or exerted himself therein: (O, TA:) [for] مِسْحَلٌ signifies also (assumed tropical:) decisive resolution or determination. (O, K, TA.) And (assumed tropical:) He went on with energy in his discourse, sermon, speech, oration, or harangue: (S, TA:) and so in his poetry. (A, TA.) ― -b2- Also, [from the same word as meaning the “ bridle, ” or “ headstall &c., ”] (tropical:) The side of the beard: [like as it is called عِذَار because it is in the place corresponding to that of the عِذَار of a horse or the like: (جانِبِ in the CK is a mistake for جَانِبُ:)] or the lower part of each عِذَار [or side of the beard ], to the fore part of the beard; both together being called مِسْحَلَانِ: (K, TA: [اَسْفَلَ in the CK is a mistake for أَسْفَلُ:]) or the place of the عِذَار: (Az, TA:) or the temple; مِسْحَلَانِ meaning the two temples: (TA:) and (K) the عَارِض [or side of the cheek ] of a man. (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, K.) One says, شَابَ مِسْحَلُهُ, meaning (tropical:) The side of his beard became white, or hoary. (TA.) -A3- A clean (O, K, TA) thin (TA) garment, or piece of cloth, of cotton. (O, K, TA. [See also سَحْلٌ.]) ― -b2- A rope, (K,) or string, or thread, (M, TA,) that is twisted alone: (K:) if with another, [i. e. with another strand,] it is termed مُبْرَمٌ, and مُغَارٌ. (TA. [See, again, سَحْلٌ.]) ― -b3- A sieve. (O, K.) -A4- The wild ass: (S, TA:) [because of his braying:] see 1, last sentence: an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates. (TA.) ― -b2- A brisk, lively, sprightly, or active, ass. (O.) ― -b3- A low, vile, mean, or sordid, man. (O, TA.) ― -b4- A devil. (O, TA.) ― -b5- The name of The تَابِعَة (S, O) or [familiar] jinnee or genie (K) of [the poet] El-Aashà. (S, O, K. [In the K it is implied that it is with the article ال: but accord. to the S and O and TA, it is without ال.])

مُسَحَّلَةٌ ذ A ball of spun thread. (AA, TA.)

مَسْحُولٌ ذ [ Pared, peeled, &c.: see 1. ― -b2- And hence, because abraded by the feet of men and beasts,] A road. (TA in art. رفغ.) ― -b3- And An even, wide place. (O, K.) -A2- See also سَحْلٌ. -A3- As an epithet applied to a man, Small and contemptible. (O, K.) ― -b2- And the name of A camel belonging to [the poet] El-' Ajjáj. (O, K.)

1 سَحِمَ ذ , aor. سَحَمَ , inf. n. سَحَمٌ; and سَحُمَ; He, or it, was, or became, black. (Msb.)

2 سَحَّمُوا وَجْهَهُ ذ They blackened his face; syn. حَيَّيُوهُ; as also سَخَّمُوهُ. (A, TA.)

4 اسحمت السَّمَاآءُ ذ The sky poured forth its water: (K:) mentioned as on the authority of IAar: but it has been mentioned before, on his authority, as with ج. (TA.)

سَحَمٌ ذ : see سُحْمَةٌ. -A2- A sort of tree; (S, K;) like ↓ سَحْمَاآءُ: (S:) the latter also signifies a sort of tree: (K:) the former is said by ISk to be a certain plant: and by AHn, to be a plant that grows like the نَصِىّ and صِلِّيَان and عَنْكَث, except that it is taller; the سَحَمَة [i. e. the single plant of this species ] being sometimes as tall as a man, and larger. (TA.) -A3- Also Iron: (IAar, K:) n. un. with ة; meaning a lump, or piece, of iron. (IAar, TA.)

سُحُمٌ ذ [a pl. of which the sing. is not mentioned,] The blacksmith's hammers. (IAar, K.)

سُحْمَةٌ ذ Blackness; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ سَحَمٌ, [mentioned above as inf. n. of سَحِمَ,] and ↓ سُحَامٌ; (K;) like [سُخْمَةٌ and] سَخَمٌ: (TA in art. سخم:) a blackness like the colour of the crow to which the epithet ↓ أَسْحَمُ is applied. (Lth, TA.)

سُحَامٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

سُحَيْمٌ ذ : see the next following paragraph.

أَسْحَمُ ذ Black; (S, Msb, K;) like أَسْخَمُ; (TA in art. سخم;) applied to the crow; see سُحْمَةٌ: (Lth, TA:) fem. سَحْمَاآءُ; (Msb, TA;) applied to a plant of that colour; (ISk, TA;) and particularly to the نَصِىّ when it is of that colour, and thus applied as an intensive epithet; and to a woman in the same sense: (TA:) and ↓ اـِسْحِمَانٌ signifies anything black (ISd, K) accord. to some; but this is a mistake, for it is only أَسْحَمُ. (ISd, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] الأَسْحَمُ is the name of A certain idol, (K, TA,) which was black. (TA.) ― -b3- And The night. (TA.) ― -b4- [Hence likewise,] أَسْحَمُ signifies also Clouds (سَحَابٌ): (S, K:) or, as some say, black clouds: and سَحْمَاآءُ signifies a black cloud. (TA.) ― -b5- Also Blood into which are dipped the hands of persons swearing, one to another; (K;) or blood into which the hand is dipped on the occasion of swearing with another or others: said to have this meaning in the saying of El-Aashà, رَضِيعَىْ لِبَانِ ثَدْىِ أُمٍّ تَحَالَفَا بِأَسْحَمَ دَاجٍ عَوْضُ لَا تَتَفَرَّقُ [ Two foster-brothers by the sucking of the breast of one mother swore together, by dark blood into which they dipped their hands, that you, or they, i. e. a tribe (قَبِيلَة) or a company of men (جَمَاعَة), for, without the context, the meaning is doubtful, should not ever become separated ]: or it has here one, or another, of three meanings here following. (S.) ― -b6- The womb. (S.) ― -b7- The nipple of a woman's breast: (K:) or the blackness of the nipple of a woman's breast. (S.) ― -b8- A skin such as is termed زِقّ for wine: (S, K:) because of its blackness: and ↓ سُحَيْمٌ also signifies a زِقّ (TA.) ― -b9- Also A horn: (S, K:) thus in the saying of Zuheyr, وَتَذَبِيبُهَا عَنْهُ بِأَسْحَمَ مِذْوَدِ [ And the frequent repelling of her, or them, from him with a horn; so that مذود is merely an explicative adjunct, for it also means a horn, or it may be rendered here an instrument for repel-ling ]: (S, * TA:) or [اسحم is here an epithet, and] the meaning is, with a black horn. (TA.) Another poet uses the phrase تَذُبُّ بِسَحْمَاوَيْنِ. [so in the TA, app. a mistranscription for تَذُبُّ,] i. e., [reading تَذُبُّ, She repels ] with a pair of horns; using the fem, as meaning بِصِيصيَتَيْنِ; as though he said بِصِيصِيتَيْنِ سَحْمَاوَيْنِ [ with two black horns ]. (IAar, TA.) ― -b10- The fem., السَّحْمَاآءُ also signifies The دُبُر [here meaning anus ]: (K:) because of its colour. (TA.) ― -b11- For another signification of the fem., see سَحَمٌ.

أُسْحُمَانٌ ذ Of the colour termed أُدْمَةٌ [here app. meaning tawniness ] in an intense degree. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A sort of tree. (M, K.) A poet uses the phrase الأُسْحُمَانُ الأَسْحَمُ [ The black, or dark, اسحمان]. (M, TA.)

اـِسْحِمَانٌ ذ : see أَسْحَمُ, first sentence.

1 سَحَنَ ذ , (S, L, K,) aor. سَحَنَ , (K,) inf. n. سَحْنٌ, (L,) He broke a stone. (S, L, K.) And He crushed, bruised, brayed, or pounded, a thing. (L.) ― -b2- Also He rubbed [in the CK ذٰلِكَ is erroneously put for دَلَكَ] a piece of wood so as to make it smooth, (L, K,) with an instrument called مِسْحَن, without taking anything from it. (L.)

3 ساحن المَالَ ذ : see 5. ― -b2- The inf. n. مُسَاحَنَةٌ signifies also The meeting [another] face to face. (L, K.) ― -b3- And you say, سَاحَنْتُكَ, (L,) inf. n. مُسَاحَنَةٌ, (S, L, K,) I mixed with thee in familiar, or social, intercourse: (L:) and did so in a good manner. (S, L, K.) And سَاحَنَهُ الشَّىْءَ He joined, or took part, with him in the thing. (L.)

5 تسحّن المَالَ ذ He looked at the سَحْنَاآء [or aspect &c.] of the مال [i. e. cattle, or other property ]; as also ↓ ساحنهُ. (L, K.) You say, تَسَحَّنْتُ المَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ سَحْنَاآءَهُ حَسَنَةً [ I looked at the aspect of the cattle, or other property, and saw the aspect thereof to be goodly ]. (S, L.)

سَحْنٌ ذ A numerous congregation: so in the phrase يَوْمُ سَحْنٍ [ A day of a numerous congregation ]. (K.)

سِحْنٌ ذ Quarter, shelter, or protection; syn. كَنَفٌ: so in the saying, هُوَ فِى سِحْنِهِ [ He is in his quarter or shelter or protection ]. (K.)

سَحْنَةٌ ذ and ↓ سَحَنَةٌ, (L, K,) or the latter, and, as sometimes pronounced, سَحْنَةٌ, (S,) and ↓ سَحْنَاآءُ and ↓ سَحَنَاآءُ, (S, L, K,) pronounced سَحَنَاآءُ by Fr, the only person heard by A'Obeyd to pronounce it thus, and said by Ibn-Keysán to be thus pronounced because of the faucial letter, (S, L,) but ↓ سَحْنَاآءُ is better, (L,) Aspect, appearance, or external state or condition: (S, L, K:) and simply state, or condition: (L:) and colour: and softness, or smoothness, of the external skin: and i. q. نَعْمَةٌ [as meaning softness, or delicateness: in the CK. النِّعْمَةُ is erroneously put for النَّعْمَةُ]. (L, K.) You say, اـِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ السَّحْنَةِ (L) and ↓ السَّحْنَاآءِ (S, L) [ Verily he is goodly in aspect, &c.]: and ↓ هٰؤُلَاآءِ قَوْمٌ حَسَنٌ سَحَنَتُهُمْ [ These are a people, or party, whose aspect, &c., is goodly ]. (S, L.) And سَحْنَةٌ is also expl. as signifying The beauty of the hair, and of the complexion, and of the external skin, of a man. (L.) And it occurs in a trad. as meaning The external skin of the face; and is sometimes pronounced ↓ سِحْنَةٌ, and is also called the ↓ سَحْنَاآء. (L.)

سِحْنَةٌ ذ : see what next precedes.

سَحَنَةٌ ذ : see سَحْنَةٌ, in two places.

سَحْنَاآءُ ذ and سَحَنَاآءُ: see سَحْنَةٌ; the former in four places.

مُسْحِنٌ ذ A horse goodly in condition; as in the saying, جَاآءَ الفَرَسُ مُسْحِنًا [ The horse came goodly in condition ]: fem, with ة: (L, K:) you say فَرَسٌ مُسْحِنَةٌ, (L,) or ↓ مُسَحَّنَةٌ, (S, [so in my copies,]) a mare goodly in condition and in aspect, (L,) or goodly in aspect. (S.)

مِسْحَنٌ ذ An instrument with which wood is rubbed so as to make it smooth without taking anything from it. (L.)

مِسْحَنَةٌ ذ A thing with which stones are broken. (S, L, K.) I. q. صَلَاآءَةٌ [i. e. A stone such as fills the hand: or a stone with which, or on which, one brays, or powders, perfumes or other things ]. (L, K. [In the CK, الصَّلابَةُ is erroneously put for الصَّلَاآءَةُ or its var. الصَّلَايَةُ.]) A thing with which gold is rubbed so that it becomes smooth and glistening. (Skr pp. 154 and 155.) And its pl. مَسَاحِنُ is said to signify Stones with which are crushed, or brayed, the stones of [i. e. containing ] silver. (Skr, L.) And Mill-stones with which one grinds. (Skr.) And Thin stones with which iron is made thin, (L, * K, [in the former of which يهبّى is erroneously put for يُمْهَى,]) like [ as is done with ] the مِسَنّ. (L.) And Stones of [i. e. containing ] gold and silver: (Skr, K:) so says Ibn-Habeeb. (Skr.)

فَرَسٌ مُسَحَّنَةٌ ذ : see مُسْحِنٌ.

1 سَحَا الطِّينَ ذ , (K,) first pers. سَحَوْتُ (S, Msb) and سَحَيْتُ, (S,) aor. يَسْحُو, (S, Msb, K,) and يَسْحَى, and يَسْحِى, (S, K,) inf. n. سَحْوٌ (Msb, TA) and سَحْىٌ, (K, TA,) He scraped off, (S, K,) or cleared away, (Msb, K,) [ the clay, soil, or mud, ] عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ [ from the surface of the earth ], (S, Msb,) with the مِسْحَاة [q. v.]. (Msb.) ― -b2- سَحَا الجَمْرَ He cleared, or swept, away the live, or burning, coals: (K:) ISd says, I think that Lh has mentioned this; but the verb well known in this sense is with خ (TA. [See سَخَا.]) ― -b3- سَحَا الشَّحْمَ عَنِ الاـِهَابِ, inf. n. سَحْوٌ, He scraped, or pared, off the fat from the skin, or hide. (TA.) It is said in a trad., as some relate it, فَجَعَلَتٌ تَسْحَاهَا, or, as others relate it, تَسْحَلُهَا, both meaning the same, i. e. And she betook herself to paring, or stripping, off from it the flesh that was upon it. (TA in art. سحل.) And اللَّحْمَ ↓ استحى signifies He pared, or stripped, off the flesh. (TA.) ― -b4- سَحَا الشَّعَرَ, (K,) aor. يَسْحُو and يَسْحِى, inf. n. [app. سَحْوٌ and] سَحْىٌ, (TA,) He shaved off the hair; as also ↓ استحاهُ. (K.) ― -b5- سَحَوْتُ القِرْطَاسَ, and سَحَيْتُهُ, aor. أَسْحّى, I scraped off, or otherwise removed, the superficial part of the paper. (S.) [And] سَحَا مِنَ القِرْطَاسِ He took, a little from the paper. (K, * TA. [See سِحَاآءَةٌ, second sentence.]) ― -b6- سَحَا الكِتَابَ, (K,) first pers. سَحَوْتُ and سَحَيْتُ, (S,) aor. يَسْحُو and يَسْحِى, (TA,) He bound the writing (S, K) with a سِحَاآءَة (K) or with the سِحَاآء [q. v.]; (S;) and so ↓ سحّاهُ, (K,) inf. n. تَسْحِيَةٌ; (TA;) and ↓ اسحاهُ; (K;) as in the M. (TA.)

2 1َ2َّ3َ see the next preceding sentence.

4 اسحى ذ He (a man S) had many أَسْحِيَة [pl. of سِحَاآءَةٌ, (q. v.,) n. un. of سِحَاآءٌ]. (S, K.) -A2- See also 1, last sentence.

7 انسحى ذ It was, or became, pared; or pared off. (TA.)

8 اـِ1ْتَ2َ3َ see 1, in two places.

سَحًا ذ : see the next paragraph, in two places.

سَحَاةٌ ذ The قِشْر [or covering, integument, peel, or the like, ] of anything: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] ↓ سَحًا. (S.) See also سِحَاآءَةٌ. -A2- A certain thorny tree; (K, TA;) the fruit thereof is white: it is a herb in the spring-season, as long as it remains green: when it dries up in the hot season, it is a tree. (TA.) -A3- A bat: (ISh, S, K:) pl. ↓ سَحًا; (K;) or [rather] it is the n. un. of سَحًا, which is syn. with خُفَّاشٌ [used as a gen. n.]: (ISh, S:) and ↓ سِحَاآءٌ is a dial. var. of سَحًا used in this sense, accord. to Az. (TA.) -A4- I. q. سَاحَةٌ [i. e. The court, or open area, of a house]: (S, K:) formed from the latter word by transposition: (TA:) one says, لَا أَرَيَنَّكَ بِسَحْسَحِى وَسَحَاتِى [ I will assuredly not see thee in my quarter, or tract, and my court ]. (S.) And I. q. نَاحِيَةٌ [ A side, region, quarter, or tract, &c.]. (K.)

سِحَاآءٌ ذ : see سِحَاآءَةٌ, in two places. -A2- Also A certain plant, (S, K,) having thorns, (K,) and having a blossom of a red hue inclining to whiteness, called the بهرنة [app. a mistranscription for بَهْرَمَة]: (TA:) the bees feed upon it, (S, K,) and their honey in consequence thereof becomes sweet (S, K *) in the utmost degree. (K.) -A3- See also سَحَاةٌ.

سِحَاآءَةٌ ذ , of a writing, (S, K, TA, [in the CK and in my MS. copy of the K, written, سَحَاءَة,]) and ↓ سِحَاآءٌ, (TA,) or [rather] the former is the n. un. of the latter, (S,) A certain thing with which a writing is bound; (S, K, TA;) called in Pers. مُهْر نَامَه, (PS,) or بَنْد نَامَه; (Adillet el-Asmà of Meyd, cited by Golius;) and in Turkish نَامَه بَاغِى; (Mirkát el-Loghah, cited by the same;) [ a sealed strip of paper with which a letter, or the like, is bound: ] the letter of a kádee to another kádee is perforated for the سِحَاآءَة, and is then sealed [upon this strip:] (Mgh in art. خزم:) pl. أَسْحِيَةٌ. (S.) [The same seems to be meant by what here follows:] سِحَاآءَةُ القِرْطَاسِ, (K, TA,) with ء, (TA,) and ↓ سِحَاؤُهُ, (K, TA,) with و [and.], (TA,) or ↓ سَحَاتُهُ, (so in the CK,) or this last also, like حَصَاة, is a dial. var. of the first, (TA,) and ↓ سِحَايَتُهُ, (K, TA, [in the CK written with fet-h to the س, but it is]) like كِتَابَة, with ى, (TA,) What is taken from paper; (K;) the small portion [or strip, app.,] that is taken from paper: (TA:) pl. أَسْحِيَةٌ [as above]. (K.) ― -b2- Also, (S, M,) or ↓ سِحَايَةٌ, (K,) A portion (K) of cloud. (S, K.) One says, مَا فِى السَّمَاآءِ سِحَاآءَةٌ مِنْ سَحَابٍ [ There is not in the sky a portion of cloud ]. (S.) ― -b3- السِّحَاآءَةُ [in the CK السَّحاءَة] also signifies أُمُّ الرَّأْسِ [q. v.], (K, TA,) [app. here meaning The meninx; for SM adds,] in which is the brain; (TA;) as also ↓ السِّحَايَةُ, with kesr [to the س]. (K.)

سِحَايَةٌ ذ , (K, TA,) [in the CK سَحَايَةٌ, but it is] with kesr, (TA,) Anything that is pared, or peeled, from a thing. (K, TA.) ― -b2- See also سِحَاآءَةٌ, in three places. -A2- Also The art, or craft, of making the kind of implement called مِسْحَاة: (K, TA:) in this sense, likewise, with kesr, agreeably with analogy. (TA.)

سَحَّاآءٌ ذ A maker of the kind of implement called مِسْحَاة. (T, K.)

سَاحٍ ذ , applied to a [lizard of the species called] ضَبّ, That feeds upon the plant called سِحَاآء. (S.)

سَاحِيَةٌ ذ , (S, K,) [from سَاحٍ,] the ة denoting intensiveness, (TA,) A torrent that carries away everything; (K;) that pares and sweeps away everything. (TA.) ― -b2- And A rain that falls with vehemence, (S, K,) paring the surface of the earth. (S.)

أُسْحِيَّةٌ ذ (with damm, TA) Any integument of skin upon the portions of flesh that are on bones. (Az, K.)

أُسْحُوَانٌ ذ , with damm, (S, K,) A man (S) that eats much. (S, K.) ― -b2- And (K) Beautiful, or comely, (K,) so expl. by AO, (TA,) [ and ] tall, (K,) thus expl. by Fr, likewise applied to a man. (TA.)

مِسْحَاةٌ ذ A shovel, or spade, of iron; (MA, PS;) an implement (S, Msb, K) like the مِجْرَفَة, except that it is of iron, (S, Msb,) with which clay, soil, or mud, is cleared away (Msb, K) from the surface of the earth: (Msb:) a مِسْحَاة [ for digging, i. e. a spade, ] has a cross piece of wood upon which the digger presses his foot: K, voce عِتْرٌ:) and there is a curved kind, [app. a sort of hoe, ] such as is called in Pers. كَنَنْد: (S:) pl. مَسَاحٍ. (S, Msb.) Ru-beh likens the toes, or extremities of the fore parts of the hoofs, of horses, to مَسَاحٍ; because with them they pare the ground: so in the T: or, accord. to the M, he likens thereto the hoofs of asses. (TA.) ― -b2- مِسْحَاةُ النَّارِ means [ The fire-shovel; ] a thing with which the fire is stirred. (TA voce مِحْرَاثْ.)

1 سَخَبٌ ذ [inf. n. of سَخِبَ] i. q. صَخَبٌ [inf. n. of صَخِبَ], (A, K,) signifying The raising a loud cry, or a clamour: (TA:) or it [is used as a subst., and] signifies a confusion of sounds. (Mgh, MF, TA.) The substitution of س for ص is allowable in every word containing خ: [for instance,] in a trad. [cited voce خَشَبٌ, q. v., as some relate it], the hypocrites are described as خُشُبٌ بِاللَّيْلِ سُخُبٌ بِالنَّهَارِ. (TA.)

سِخَابٌ ذ A necklace (قِلَادَة) made of [ the composition termed ] سُكّ and of other things, without any jewels: (S:) or a قِلَادَة of cloves and سُكّ and مَحْلَب [q. v.], without jewels, (A, K, TA,) and without pearls: and likewise, of gold: and of silver: or, accord. to Az, it is, with the Arabs, any قِلَادَة, whether with jewels or without: accord. to IAth, a string on which are strung beads, worn by boys and by girls: (TA:) it is thus called because of the sound of its beads when in motion: (MF, TA:) pl. سُخُبٌ. (S, K.) [Hence] one says, وَجَدْتُكَ وَارِثَ السِّخَابِ [ I have found thee to be the inheritor of the سخاب], meaning, (tropical:) like the boy that has no knowledge. (A, TA.)