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شَابِكٌ ذ [app. a possessive epithet, meaning ذُو شَبَكَة ٍ]: see شُبَّاكٌ. ― -b2- [Also meaning ذُو ا@شْتِبَاك ٍ.] One says طَرِيقٌ شَابِكٌ A road, or way, that is confused and intricate. (O, K.) ― -b3- [Hence,] أُمُّ النُّجُومِ الشَّوَابِكِ may mean The sun; as being the chief of the [confused] stars: or the milky way; [as being composed of confused stars;] الشَّوَابِك [pl. of الشَّابِكَة] meaning ↓ المُشْتَبِكَة . (Ham pp. 43 and 44.) ― -b4- And لُحْمَةٌ شَابِكَةٌ: see مُشْتَبِكٌ. ― -b5- And شَابِكٌ applied to a lion, Having the canine teeth locking together, (الأَنْيَابِ ↓ مُشْتَبِكُ , K, TA, [see 8, near the end, in the CK مُتَشَبِّكُ الاَنْيَابِ,]) dissimilar: (TA:) and شابِكُ الأَنْيَابِ is applied to a camel, (O, TA,) in like manner. (TA.) [Hence,] الشَّابِكُ is one of the names for The lion. (TA.) ― -b6- And one says رَجُلٌ شَابِكُ الرُّمْحِ, meaning A man whom one sees, by reason of his skill, thrusting with the spear [indiscriminately] in all the faces. (O, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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