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رُضَابٌ ذ Saliva; syn. رِيقٌ: (S:) or saliva (ريق) that is sucked in, or gently sucked or drawn in with the lips; (L, K;) as when a man kisses a girl: (L:) or what one so sucks or draws in, of his own saliva: (L:) or what forms into little bubbles, of saliva, and spreads, or becomes scattered, or sprinkled; what flows being termed بُزَاق: (TA:) or particles of saliva in the mouth: (K:) or, as some say, the separation of saliva into distinct particles, and abundance of the water of the teeth: but of each of the last two explanations, AM [or, I believe, ISd] says, "I know not how this is." (TA.) ― -b2- Sweet water. (TA.) ― -b3- Froth of honey. (K, TA.) ― -b4- Particles of dew upon trees. (K) ― -b5- Particles of snow, of hail, and of sugar. (K.) ― -b6- Particles of musk: (K:) or so رُضَابُ مِسْكٍ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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