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1 رَصَّهُ ذ , (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. رَصُ3َ , inf. n. رَصٌّ, (S, M, Msb,) He stuck it (a thing, S, Mgh) together, one part to another, (S, A, Mgh, K,) so that there might be no interstice in it; (Mgh;) joined it together; (Msb, K;) namely, a building; (Msb;) and ↓ رصّصهُ , (S, * Mgh, K,) inf. n. تَرْصِيصٌ, (S,) signifies the same; (S, Mgh, K;) and so ↓ رَصْرَصَهُ : (TA:) or these three verbs all signify he made it (a building) firm and compact: (M:) or ↓ رصرصه signifies he made it (a building) firm and strong: (IDrd, K:) and رُصَّ, said of anything, it was made firm, and joined together. (M, TA.) And hence, القُمْقُمَةَ ↓ رصِص He tied (شَدَّ [perhaps a mistranscription for سَدَّ he stopped up]) firmly the mouth of the قمقمة [a kind of vessel]. (Mgh.) And رَصَّ بَابَهُ He closed, or locked, his door; as also لَصَّهُ, q. v. (TA in art. لص.) ― -b2- رَصَّتْ بَيْضَهَا She (a domestic hen, A, K, and an ostrich, A) made her eggs even, or level, with her bill (A, K) and her feet, to sit upon them. (A.) ― -b3- See also رَصَاصةٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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