لَوَائِحُ شَىْءٍ ذ [pl. of لَائِحَةٌ] The parts of a thing that are apparent, and that show the signs thereof. (TA.) لَوَائِحُ and ↓ أَلْوَاحٌ The external parts of a thing. (A.) لَوَاحِى الشَّيْبِ The apparent signs of hoariness, occurs in a verse of Khufáf Ibn-Nudbeh, for لَوَائِح الشيب. (TA.) ― -b2- السِّلَاحِ ↓ أَلْوَاحُ Shining, gleaming, or glistening, weapons; such as the sword, (S, K,) end the like, (K,) and the spear-head; (S;) generally meaning swords, because of their whiteness: (ISd:) or, as some say, the cases, or receptacles, in which are the swords together with their scabbards and suspensory belts or strings, because made of boards. (IB.) 'Amr Ibn-Ahmar ElBáhilee says, “ تُمْسِى كَأَلْوَاحِ السِّلَاحِ وَتُضْ
حِى كَا@لْمَهَاةِ صَبِيحَةَ القَطْرِ
” [In the evening she is like shining weapons, (so accord. to the S.) or like sword-cases, (accord. to IB,) and in the early part of the day, after sunrise, she is like the wild cow on the morning of, or after, rain]. IB says, that the poet means, in the evening she is lean, or slender, like a sword-case; but in the morning, like a wild cow, &c. (L.)
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