lead (metal)

, (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. , inf. n. رَصٌّ, (S, M, Msb,) He stuck it (a thing, S, Mgh) together, one part to another, (S, A, Mgh, K,) so that there might be no interstice in it; (Mgh;) joined it together; (Msb, K;) namely, a building; (Msb;) and ↓ رصّصهُ, (S, * Mgh, K,) inf. n. تَرْصِيصٌ, (S,) signifies the same; (S, Mgh, K;) and so ↓ رَصْرَصَهُ: (TA:) or these three verbs all signify he made it (a building) firm and compact: (M:) or ↓ رصرصه signifies he made it (a building) firm and strong: (IDrd, K:) and رُصَّ, said of anything, it was made firm, and joined together. (M, TA.) And hence, القُمْقُمَةَ ↓ رصِص He tied (شَدَّ [perhaps a mistranscription for سَدَّ he stopped up]) firmly the mouth of the قمقمة [a kind of vessel]. (Mgh.) And رَصَّ بَابَهُ He closed, or locked, his door; as also لَصَّهُ, q. v. (TA in art. لص.) ― -b2- رَصَّتْ بَيْضَهَا She (a domestic hen, A, K, and an ostrich, A) made her eggs even, or level, with her bill (A, K) and her feet, to sit upon them. (A.) ― -b3- See also رَصَاصةٌ.

see 1, in two places. ― -b2- رَصَّصَتْ, (AZ, M,) inf. n. تَرْصِيصٌ, (AZ, S,) She (a woman) put on, or wore, her نِقَاب [a kind of face-veil] in such a manner that nothing was seen but her eyes: (AZ, S, M:) as also وَصَّصَتْ, (AZ, TA,) or وَصْوَصَتْ: (M:) وصّصت is of the dial. of Temeem. (AZ, TA.) ― -b3- رصّص (tropical:) He was importunate, or urgent, in asking, or begging. (Fr, TA.)

see 8.

They placed themselves close together, (Ks, S, M, A, K,) in a rank, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) in prayer, (A, TA,) and in battle, (TA,) so that there was no intervening space among them; (Ks;) as also ↓ ارتصّوا: (A:) they placed themselves in a rank, or in ranks, in battle, and in prayer. (M.)

The stones were stuck, or set close, together; as also ↓ ترصّصت. (A.) ― -b2- See also 6.

: see 1, in two places. ― -b2- رَصْرَصَ فِى المَكَانِ He continued, or became fixed or settled, in the place. (IAar, K.)

in the teeth is like لَصَصٌ; (M, TA;) and ↓ رَصِيصٌ in the teeth signifies [the same, i. e.,] Nearness together. (A, TA. *) -A2- See also the next paragraph.

(S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ رِصَاصٌ, (M,) or the latter is vulgar, (S,) and not allowable, (K,) or, accord. to AHát, it is correct, and it is quoted by Ez-Zarkashee, and by certain of the Expositors of the Fs, and is the only form mentioned by AHei, (TA,) and, accord. to some of the moderns, ↓ رُصَاصٌ also, (MF,) and ↓ رَصَصٌ, (M, TA,) which is a contraction of the first, (TA,) [Lead;] a certain mineral, (M,) well known; (S, K;) i. q. عَلَابِىُّ; (Mgh;) pure Arabic; (IDrd;) so called because of the compactness of its particles: (IDrd, M:) it is of two kinds; the black, which is [also called] أُسْرُبٌّ, and أَبَّارٌ or إِبَارٌ [accord. to different copies of the K]; and white, which is [also called] قَلْعِىٌّ, and قَصْدِيرٌ [which is applied in the present day to tin, and pewter]: if a little thereof [of the former kind thereof accord. to the TA] be thrown into a cooking-pot, its flesh-meat will never become thoroughly cooked: and if a tree be encompassed by a ring thereof, its fruit will not drop, but will become abundant: (K:) and Abu-l-Hoseyn ElMedáïnee says, it used to be said, the drinking from a vessel thereof is a security against the colic: (TA:) ↓ رَصَاصَةٌ signifies a piece thereof. (Msb.)

: see the next preceding paragraph.

: see the next preceding paragraph.

: see أَرَصُّ.

: see مَرْصُوصٌ, in two places. ― -b2- A woman's [face-veil of the kind called] نِقَاب drawn near to her eyes. (AA, K.) -A2- See also رَصَصٌ.