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أَسِيلٌ ذ Smooth and even: (M, K:) anything lank; (S, A;) syn. سَبْطٌ, (A,) [i. e.] مُسْتَرْسِلٌ: (S, A:) applied to a cheek, (AZ, K, TA,) [smooth and long: or long, or oblong, and not high in its ball: (see 1:) or] soft, tender, thin, and even: (AZ:) or long, (K, TA,) soft in make, (TA,) and lank. (K, TA.) You say رَجُلٌ أَسِيلُ الخَدِّ A man having the cheek soft and long: (S:) and in like manner, فَرَسَ a horse. (TA.) And كَفٌّ أَسِيلَةُ الأَصَابِعِ A hand small and slender, and lank, or long, in the fingers. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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