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عِجْلَةٌ ذ fem. of عِجْلٌ [q. v.]. (Abu-l-Jarráh, S, O, Msb.) -A2- Also A water-skin, or skin for water and for milk; syn. سِقَآءٌ: (S, O, K:) pl. عِجَلٌ and عِجَالٌ. (S, O.) ― -b2- And A [water-wheel such as is called] دُولَاب: (IAar, O, K: [see also عَجَلَةٌ:]) pls. as above. (K.) -A3- And A species of plant, (S, O, K, TA,) which extends along the ground, (TA,) also called وَشِيجٌ [q. v.]: (O, TA:) AHn says of the وشيج, on the authority of Aboo-Ziyád, it grows, at first, from one root, then branches forth upon the surface of the earth, in innumerable branches, every branch having a knot, or joint, (كَعْبٌ,) from which knot, or joint, grow other branches; it cleaves to the ground, not rising high; its leaves are like those of wheat; and while green, it is called عِجْلَة; (O;) and it is the best of pasture, and is not [what is termed] a بَقْل: (O, TA:) and it is said to be a tree having leaves and joints, or knots, (كُعُوب,) and pliant canes, [for قضب in my original, I read قَصَب, (see وَشِيجٌ,)] long, or elongated, with a fruit like the foot of the domestic fowl, contracted, which, when it dries up, opens; and not having any blossom. (TA.) See also عِجَالَةٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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