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قَصَّابٌ ذ A blower in reeds or canes (نَافِخٌ فِى القَصَبِ); as also ↓ قَاصِبٌ . (M, K. [In the former, this explanation is given in such a manner as plainly shows that it is meant to be understood as being distinct from that which next follows: but I incline to think that the two explanations are taken from different sources and have one and the same application.]) And (M, K) A player on the musical reed, or pipe; (AA, S, M, O, K;) and so ↓ قَاصِبٌ . (S, O.) Ru-beh says, (S, M, O, TA,) describing an ass, (S, O, TA,) braying, (TA,) “ فِى جَوْفِهِ وَحْىٌ كَوَحْىِ القَصَّابْ
” [In his chest is, or was, a sound like the sound of the player on the musical reed]. (S, M, O, TA.) ― -b2- And A butcher; (S, M, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ قَاصِبٌ : (M, K:) so called from قَصَبَ in the first of the senses expl. in this art.; (M, O, Msb, TA;) or because he takes the sheep or goat by its قَصَبَة, i. e. its shank-bone; (M, TA;) or because he cleanses the أَفْصَاب, or guts, of the belly; or from قَصَّبَهُ signifying as expl. in the last sentence of the second paragraph of this article. (O, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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