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2 صلّبهُ ذ , (inf. n. تَصْلِيبٌ, TA,) He, or it, rendered it, or him, hard, firm, rigid, stiff, tough, strong, robust, sturdy, or hardy. (S, M, K, TA.) El-Aashà says, “ مِنْ سَرَاةِ الهِجَانِ صَلَّبَهَا العُ
ضُّ وَرِعْىُ الحِمَى وَطُولُ الحِيَالِ
” (S, TA) i. e. [Than the back of the excellent she-camel] which the provender of cities, such as [the trefoil called] قَتّ, and date-stones, and the pasture of El-Himè, meaning Himè Dareeyeh, the place of pasture of the camels of the kings, and the being long without conceiving, (TA,) have rendered hard, or firm, or strong. (S, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence] one says, صلّب النَّبِيذَ بِحَبِّ الدَّاذِىِّ (assumed tropical:) [He made the beverage termed نبيذ to become strong by means of the grain called حبّ الداذىّ]. (Mgh in art. دوذ.) -A2- صَلَّبَ الرُّطَبُ, (AA, S, K,) inf. n. تَصْلِيبٌ, (AA, TA,) The ripe dates became dry: (AA, S, K:) and صَلَّبَتِ التَّمْرَةُ the date became dry. (M, L.) ― -b2- [Hence, perhaps, صَلَّبَ is said in the K to be syn. with صَلُبَ:] see 1, first sentence. -A3- See also 1, latter half, in two places. ― -b2- صلّب said of a monk, (M,) or صلّبوا (K, TA) said of monks, (TA,) He, (M,) or they, (K, TA,) made, or took, (M, K, TA,) for himself, (M,) or for themselves, (K, TA,) a صَلِيب [or cross], (M, K, TA,) in his church, (M,) or in their churches. (TA.) ― -b3- التَّصْلِيبُ also signifies [The making the sign of the cross. And] The figuring of a cross [or crosses] upon a garment; (T, Mgh, TA;) and hence, the figure thereof; the inf. n. being thus used as a subst. properly so termed; (Mgh;) as in a trad. where it is said of the Prophet, قَضَبَ التَّصْلِيبَ; meaning قَطَعَ مَوْضِعَ التَّصْلِيبِ مِنْهُ [He cut off the place of the figuring of the cross, or crosses, from it]. (T, Mgh, TA.) And صَلَّبَ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ occurs in a trad., meaning He made a mark like the cross between his eyes by a blow. (TA.) ― -b4- Also A particular mode of wearing, or disposing, the [muffler called] خِمَار, (M, K,) for a woman. (K.) One says of a woman, صَلَّبَتْ خِمَارَهَا [She disposed her muffler cross-wise]. (TA.) And a man's praying فِى تَصْلِيبِ العِمَامَةِ [with the turban disposed cross-wise] is disapproved: he should wind it so that one part [or fold] thereof is above [not across] another. (TA.)

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