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زُحْلُوقَةٌ ذ i. q. زُحْلُوفَةٌ; (S, * K;) meaning [A sloping slide, or rolling-place; or] the traces of the sliding of children from above to below: (TA:) of the dial. of Temeem: pl. زَحَالِيقُ: (S:) which likewise signifies slippery places; as also ↓ زِحْلِيقٌ . (TA.) ― -b2- And (tropical:) A grave: (K, TA:) because one slips into it. (TA.) ― -b3- And i. q. أُرْجُوحَةٌ; i. e. [A seesaw;] a piece of wood [or a plank] which children lay upon an elevated place, and a number sit upon one end of it, and a number upon the other [end]; and when one of the two parties is heavier, the other rises, and threatens to fall; whereupon they [app. who are looking on] call out to them, أَلَا خَلُّوا أَلَا خَلُّوا [Now leave ye! now leave ye what ye are doing!]. (K. [See also أُرْجُوحَةٌ.])
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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