ع ص ص

and عُصُصٌ: see عُصْعُصٌ.

: see what next follows.

(S, Mgh, O, Msb, K) and عُصْعَصٌ (O, Msb) and عَصْعَصٌ (IAar, Mgh, O, K) and عُصَعِصٌ (IAar, K, TA) and ↓ عُصَصٌ and ↓ عُصُصٌ and ↓ عُصْعُوصٌ (IAar, O, K) and ↓ عُصُوصٌ (L, TA) The [caudal bone called the] عَجْب [q. v.] of the tail; (Zj in his “ Khalk el-Insán, ” S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) which is felt by him who feels for it; (Zj ubi suprà;) i. e., the [os coccygis, or] tail-bone; (S;) the small bone between the two buttocks: (Mgh:) or that of which the upper part is the عَجْب, and its lower part the ذَنَب: or the internal extremity of the spine; and the عَجْب is its external extremity: (Az, in L, voce قُحْقُحٌ:) it is said to be the first part that is created, and the last that wastes away: (S, O:) or i. q. قُحْقُحٌ [q. v.]: (IAar, O voce عُكْدَةٌ:) pl. عَصَاعِصُ. (Msb, TA.) ― -b2- Also عُصْعُصٌ (Mgh, IAth) and عَصْعَصٌ (Mgh) What is in the middle of the أَلْيَة [or tail, or fat of the tail,] of the sheep; (Mgh;) [i. e.,] flesh-meat in the interior of that part: (IAth, TA:) this is what the doctors of practical law mean by this word in speaking of sales: (Mgh:) pl. as above. (IAth, TA.) ― -b3- Also عُصْعُصٌ (assumed tropical:) A man (IF, O) compact and strong in make. (IF, O, K.) ― -b4- Also, (Ibn-'Abbád, K,) or ضَيِّقُ العُصْعُصِ, (O, L, TA,) (assumed tropical:) A man (Ibn-'Abbád, L,) unpropitious, or mean, or hard, (L, K, TA,) having little, or no, good, or goodness. (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, L, K, TA.)

Pain of the عُصْعُص. (O, K.)

: see عُصْعُصٌ.