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دِخَالٌ دخال [an inf. n. of 3, q. v.]. ― -b2- In watering, (S, K,) it is The putting in a camel, that has drunk, between two camels that have not drunk, (K,) or the bringing back a camel, that has drunk, from the resting-place by the water, to the watering-trough, and putting him in between two thirsty camels, (S,) in order that he may drink what, may-be, he has not drunk: (S, K:) in like manner it is explained in the T, on the authority of As, who adds that this is done only when the water is scanty: (TA:) or the putting in a weak or sick camel [that has already drunk] with those that are drinking, and then, after that, with those that are returning to the water, so that he drinks three times: (Skr:) or the driving of camels to the watering-trough a second time, in order that they may complete their drinking, after they have already been watered drove by drove: (JK, TA:) so says Lth; but the approved explanation is that of As: (TA:) or the driving of camels to the watering-trough at once, all together; as also ↓ دَخْلٌ . (JK.) -A2- The forelocks of a horse; (K;) because of their entering, one into another; (TA;) as also ↓ دُخَالٌ : (K:) so in the M. (TA.) -A3- See also دُخْلَةٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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