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شَلِيلٌ ذ , (S, O, K,) accord. to AO, (S,) or A 'Obeyd, (O, TA,) An innermost covering for the body, worn beneath the coat of mail, (S, O, K,) whether it be a ثَوْب or some other thing: (S, O:) and, (S, O, K,) sometimes, (S, O,) a short coat of mail, (S, O, K,) worn beneath the upper one, (S, O,) or worn beneath the large one: or in a general sense: (K:) [i. e.] a coat of mail itself is called شَلِيلٌ; (ISh, TA;) and also ↓ شُلَّةٌ : (TA:) pl. أَشِلَّةٌ; (S, O, TA;) in the K, erroneously, شِلَّةٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also (S, O, K) A [cloth such as is termed] حِلْس, (S, O,) or مِسْح, of wool or of [goats'] hair, (K,) that is put upon the rump, or croup, of the camel, (S, O, K,) behind the [saddle called] رَحْل. (K.) [See also سَنِيفٌ.] -A2- And The part, of a valley, in which the water flows: (K:) or the middle of a valley, (S, O, K,) where flows the main body of water: (S, O:) so says A 'Obeyd, on the authority of AO; but the word commonly known [in this sense] is سَلِيلٌ, with the unpointed س. (O.) -A3- And The نُخَاع [or spinal cord]; (K, TA;) [also called the سَلِيل;] i. e. the white عِرْق [or nerve] that is in the vertebræ of the back: mentioned by Kr. (TA.) ― -b2- And Long streaks, or strips, of flesh, extending with the back: (K, TA:) n. un. with ة also mentioned by Kr: but the more approved word is with [the unpointed] س. (TA.) -A4- And Clouds in which is no water; syn. جَهَامٌ. (AA, O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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