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شَعِيرَةٌ ذ A sign, or mark. (Mgh.) ― -b2- See this word, and the pl. شَعَائِرُ, voce شِعَارٌ, in seven places. -A2- Also n. un. of شَعِيرٌ [q. v.]. (S, K.) ― -b2- And [hence,] (tropical:) The iron [pin] that enters into the tang of a knife which is inserted into the handle, being a fastening to the handle: (S:) or a thing that is moulded of silver or of iron, in the form of a barley-corn, (K, TA,) entering into the tang of the blade which is inserted into the handle, (TA,) being a fastening to the handle of the blade. (K, TA.) ― -b3- [And (assumed tropical:) A measure of length, defined in the law-books &c. as equal to six mule's hairs placed side by side;] the sixth part of the إِِصْبَع [or digit]. (Msb voce مِيلٌ.) ― -b4- [And (assumed tropical:) The weight of a barley-corn.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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