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سِلْسِلَةٌ ذ A chain, i. q. زِنْجِيرْ in Pers.; (KL;) rings (دَائِرٌ [app. used as a coll. gen. n., though I do not know any authority for such usage of it,] K [in the M دَائِرَةٌ]) of iron (S, M, K) or the like (M, K) of metals: derived from السَّلْسَلَةُ signifying “ the being connected ” with another thing: (M: [see R. Q. 1:]) pl. سَلَاسِلُ. (S, Mgh, TA.) It was a custom to extend a سِلْسِلَة over a river or a road, the ships or beats or the passengers being arrested thereby, for the purpose of the taking of the tithes from them by an officer set over it. (Mgh.) ― -b2- [Hence,] سِلْسِلَةُ بَرْقٍ (tropical:) An elongated stream of lightning [like a chain] in the midst of the clouds: (S, TA: *) or سَلَاسِلُ البَرْقِ means what have assumed the form of chains (مَاتَسَلْسَلَ), of lightning, (M, K,) in the clouds; (M;) and السَّحَابِ [i. e., of the clouds in like manner]: (K: [but I think that وَالسَّحَابِ in the K is evidently a mistranscription for فِى السَّحَابِ the reading in the M:]) sing. سِلْسِلَةٌ (M, K) and ↓ سِلْسِلٌ , (K,) thus in the copies of the K, but in the L ↓ سِلْسِيلٌ , which is [said to be] the correct word. (TA. [See, however, what follows.]) And in like manner, سَلَاسِلُ الرَّمْلِ (assumed tropical:) What have assumed the form of chains (مَا تَسَلْسَلَ) of sands: (M:) or سَلَاسِلُ signifies (tropical:) sands that become accumulated, or congested, (يَنْعَقِدُ,) one upon another, and extended along: (A'Obeyd, S, O, K, TA:) you say رَمْلٌ ذُوسَلَاسِلَ (tropical:) [sands having portions accumulated, or congested, &c.]: and ذَاتُ سَلَاسِلَ, which has been expl. as meaning (assumed tropical:) elongated sands: (TA:) sing. سِلْسِلَةٌ (M, TA) and ↓ سِلْسلٌ , (M,) or ↓ سِلْسِيلٌ ; and الرَّمْلِ ↓ سَلْسُولُ , with fet-h [to the first letter], is a dial. var. of سِلْسِيلُهُ. (TA.) ― -b3- And سَلَاسِلُ كِتَابٍ (tropical:) The lines of a book or writing. (O, K, TA.) ― -b4- And بِرْذَوْنٌ ذُو سَلَاسِلَ (assumed tropical:) [A hackney] upon whose legs one sees what resemble سَلَاسِل [or chains]. (M.) -A2- Also The وَحَرَة, (O, K,) which is a small reptile, [a species of lizard, the same that is called السِلْسِلَةُ الرَّقْطَآءُ, (see أَرْقَطُ,)] spotted, black and white, having a slender tail, which it moves about when running. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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