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صِقَاعٌ ذ A piece of rag with which a woman protects her خِمَار [or muffler] from the oil [in her hair], (S, O, K, TA,) putting it on her head; (TA;) as also ↓ صَوْقَعَةٌ : (K:) or this latter signifies a thing by which the head is protected, such as a turban and a خِمَار and a رِدَآء. (TA.) ― -b2- And The [woman's face-veil termed] بُرْقُع (S, O, K) is sometimes thus called. (S, O.) ― -b3- And A thing with which a she-camel's nose is bound, (S, O, K, TA,) as expl. in art. درج [voce دُرْجَةٌ], (S,) when they desire her to affect her young one or the young one of another: or, accord. to A'Obeyd, a piece of rag with which her eyes are bound; that with which her nose is bound, [or stopped, (see 1 in art. ظأر）] when she is made to affect a young one not her own, being termed غِمَامَةٌ. (TA. [But see دُرْجَةٌ.]) ― -b4- And A mark made with a hot iron upon the قَذَال [or back of the head] of a camel. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) ― -b5- And An iron thing that is in the place of [the kind of curb called] the حَكَمَة of the bit. (O, K.) ― -b6- And A thing that is next to the head of the horse, beneath (دُونَ) the larger بُرْقُع. (TA.) ― -b7- The صِقَاع of a tent (خِبَآء) is A rope that is extended from its top, and pulled tight, the two ends of which are tied to two pegs, or stakes, stuck into the ground, when the wind is violent and it is feared that the tent may be thrown down. (O, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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