'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎680r] (1364/1826)

or square temple of Mecca, w hich is of rich black silk damask,
with a band of gold going quite round towards the top. The
length is 24 cubits, the breadth 23, and the height 27. It is
changed annually; having been originally renewed by the kha-
ITf; afterwards by the Sultan of Egypt; and now by the Turkish
emperor. The covering of a camel-palankin. al libs.
The membrane of the brain. Lubs (from (j-J), Putting on a
garment. Lubas (from Putting on a garment. Enjoy
ing long the company (of a wife).
a UJ (<Lji^J dahiyat-i) lubsu, A great misfortune.
p ^LJ lab-sun, Like a lip. Name of an herb eaten with sour
milk. Wild mustard.
A 4—J libsat, A mode of dressing. A kind of habit. Lubsat
(from Being obscure, intricate, doubtful. Mixture. A
cloaking ; falsehood, hypocrisy. Obscurity, doubt. Confusion.
al labasat, A kind of pot-herb.
A iaJ labt (from !aJ), Fall ing flat. Being seized with epilepsy.
Throwing (on the ground), strewing. Striking the ground with
the fore-feet (a camel). Closeness of feet (in a horse).
A labatat, Thegaitofonewholimps oris spindle-shanked.
The pace of any quadruped where the fore feet move at once.
A UJ lab-^an (or \x~a sab^anlab^in), With impunity, un
revenged (blood was spilt).
A labk (from <_£-!), Softening (as cake amongst broth).
Labuk (from jJ), Being intelligent, skilful, ingenious, worthy,
proper, fit. Fitting well (a garment). Labik, Intelligent, cle
ver, skilled. A garment which fits well.
p d-O labk, A measure for grain and vegetables.
A (JJd labk (from lL^), Mixing (flour with honey). Taking
(pudding) with the fingers. Mixing, confounding. Labk and
labik, Any thing confused.
A <&J labakat, A bit or mouthful (of steeped bread).
p lab lab, A conjurer. Libldb, Ivy.
a lJU lab lab, Ivy, bind-weed, pellitory.
lablab also lublub, Benevolent, kind to domestics or
neighbours.
A <L!J lablabat (from u-dJ <*)>(& sheep) licking tenderly her
new-dropt lamb. The rattling of a goat at rutting-time. Sepa
ration, discrimination.
r JJ lablabu, Beet boiled and eaten with whey and garlic.
p J«1 lab.la t l, Lip-ruby, or ruby-lipped.
^ A tremor of the shoulders.
lain (from ^), Drinking (milk). Drinking to one.
Striking; bruising (with a stick or a stone). Throwing away.
Eating voraciously. Libn, A brick or tile. (pi. of libnat)
Ericks. Libn also lubn, (pi. of hbin) (Ewes or camels)
having plenty of milk in the udder. Laban (from Having
plenty of milk in the udder (a ewe). Being seized with a pain
in the neck. Milk. Gum, or any juice exuding from a tree.
Quicksilver. ^ banit-i laban, The lacteal glands. La-
bin, Fond of, or drinking milk. A gore in the side of a shift,
(pi. of labnat) Bricks.
A Lubndn, Mount Libanus; so called from the milky
whiteness of its perpetual snow.
A<LjliJ lubnuniyat. Great, important (affair).
AiiJ libnat (or libnah), The breast of a shirt. A brick
or tile. A mural quadrant. Lubnnt, A large mouthful or mor
sel. Labanat, One blow. Labinat, (A sheep) abounding in
milk. A square brick.
p lubunj, A kind of plane-tree.
p labang, An insect which eats timber, a ship-worm.
p labnah, An insect which injures grain. Lubnah, Part
of an astrolabe Ancient instrument for astronomical observations. .
p labni, Storax. Any thing made of milk and oxygal.
(Haft Kulzum.)
A lubna', A tree which emits a gum from which a fumi
gating perfume is made, (J—£ Liquid gum-storax.
A cuLiJ labaniyut, Aliments prepared of milk.
A lubu-a, (pi. of SjJ labu-at) Lionesses.
A lubub, (pi. of lubb') Kernels. Piths of trees.
a ij-3 labu-at, (ii»J labzcat or lub-at), A lioness.
p LZJjJ lubut, Purblind ; squinting. A lip.
A lubukh, Fullness of flesh.
A JjJ lubud (from jJ), Stopping ; remaining. Adhering (to
the earth) ; sticking. Lighting (as a bird on the ground), (pi.
of Ju! libd or i Jk-i libdat) Felt-cloths.
A lubudiy, A dealer in felt.
A lubus, A coat of mail. Clothing.
A labun, (Cattle) having milk in the udders, 4-^
ibnatu'l labun, bintu labun also bintit'l
labun'), A young camel two years old. bandtu la
bun, Young dwarfish thorny plants called ^urfut.
p SjJ labzcah, Rennet for curdling milk.
A laby (from ^ 5^)5 Consuming a great deal of meat.
p J labi, A lonff slice of bread or of a melon. Labe, Yes,
sir; hey. (Hunter.)
p labydb, A great river.
a -J labib, Prudent, intelligent, wise, sagacious, acute.
Industrious, attentive, assiduous.
a<L-J labibat, A kind of cloak.
A <£i-J labisat. Delay. A multitude.
A *£V-1 labij, A herd of camels lying about a tent.
a^aJ labtkh, Fleshy.
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labikhat, A bag of musk.
p lubtd, Boasting, bragging. An historian. A poet.
A lO labtd, A small sack of woollen cloth (which, filled with
food, they hang round the neck of a horse). Name of a cele
brated poet. Lubayd, Name of a bird,
p labi dan, To boast, to brag.
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