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1 سَلَأَ السَّمْنَ ذ , (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. سَلَاَ , (M, Msb, K,) inf. n. سَلْءٌ; (M, Msb;) and ↓ استلأهُ ; (S, K;) He cooked the سَمْن [here meaning butter], (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) and worked it together, (S, Mgh, K,) and melted its زُبْد [or fresh, unclarified, portion], (M,) until it became clear (Mgh, Msb) from the milk remaining in it; (Msb;) he cleared the سمن [or butter] from the زُبْد [or fresh, unclarified, portion]; (Ham p. 2, in explanation of the former phrase; [i. e. he clarified the butter:] and سُلِئَ سَمْنًا, said of fresh butter, it was made into سَمْن [or clarified butter; i. e., was clarified]. (Mgh.) ― -b2- And سَلَأَ السِمْسِمَ, (M, K,) [aor. and] inf. n. as above, (M,) He pressed the sesame, or sesamum, (M, K,) and extracted its oil. (M.) -A2- سَلَأَ النَّخْلَ, (AZ, S,) or النَّخْلَةَ, (AHn, M,) or الجِذْعَ, (M, K,) and العَسِيبَ, [aor, and] inf. n. as above, (AZ, AHn, S, M,) He plucked off the prickles, (AZ, S, M, K,) i. e. (K) what are called the سُلَّآء, (AHn, M, K,) of the palm-trees, (AZ, S,) or of the palm-tree, (AHn, M,) or of the palm-trunk, (M, K,) and of the [part called] عَسِيب [of a palm-branch]. (AZ, AHn, S, M.) -A3- سَلَأَهُ مِائَةَ سَوْطٍ, (As, S, M, K, *) [aor. and] inf. n. as above, (M,) He inflicted upon him a hundred lashes of the whip. (M, K. *) ― -b2- And سَلَأَهُ مِائَةَ دِرْهَمٍ, (As, S, M, K, *) [aor. and] inf. n. as above, (M,) He payed him, or payed him in ready money, a hundred dirhems, (As, S, M, K, *) promptly, or quickly. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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