be smooth, be polished, be refined

, (S, M, O, Msb, K,) aor. , (M, Msb,) inf. n. صَقْلٌ (S, M, O, Msb) and صِقَالٌ, (S, O, Msb,) or the latter is a simple subst., (M, K,) He polished it: (S, M, O, Msb, K;) i. e. a thing, (M,) or a sword, (S, O, Msb,) and the like: (Msb:) and so سَقَلَهُ. (S.) ― -b2- صَقَلَ النَّاقَةَ (assumed tropical:) He (a man, AA, O) made the she-camel lean, or light of flesh: (AA, O, K:) and in like manner it is said of journeying: (AA, O:) and in like manner also, الفَرَسَ the horse: (Sh, TA:) or this means he tended the horse well, with the coverings for protection from cold, and with fodder, and took good care of him. (TA. [See صِقَالٌ, below.]) ― -b3- صَقَلَهُ بِالعَصَا (tropical:) He struck him, or beat him, with the staff, or stick, (Z, O, K, TA,) and disciplined him. (Z, TA.) ― -b4- And صَقَلَ بِهِ الأَرْضَ (assumed tropical:) He flung him upon the ground (lit. smote the ground with him). (Aboo-Turáb, O, K.) -A2- صَقِلِ, aor. , inf. n. صَقَلٌ, It (a thing, such as iron, and copper,) was smooth, solid, and impenetrable to water. (Msb.) -A3- And صَقِلَ, inf. n. صَقَلٌ, He (a man) differed, or varied, in his gait, or manner of walking. (Ibn-'Abbád, O.)

, (so in a copy of the M,) or ↓ صُقْلٌ (K,) [the former, if correct, perhaps a contraction, by poetic license, of صَقِلٌ, for which it is not a mistranscription, as is shown by a verse cited as an ex. of it in the M,] Light, or active; applied to a beast (دَابَّة). (M, K.)

The خَاصِرَة [or flank]; as also ↓ صُقْلَةٌ: (S, M, O, K: [in the CK, erroneously, صَقْلَة:]) the former, in this sense, said by AA to be from صَقَلَ النَّاقَةَ: (TA:) seldom is the صُقْلَة of a horse long except his sides be short, which is a fault: (S, O:) and the صُقْلَانِ are the قُرْبَانِ [by which may be meant either the two flanks or the two portions between the groin and the armpit on each side] of a دَابَّة [i. e. horse or similar beast] &c. (M.) And The جَنْب [or side]. (M, K.) حُمُرٌ زَحَالِفُ الصُّقْلِ means Asses having smooth and fat bellies. (Ibn-'Abbád, TA in art. زحلف.) ― -b2- And i. q. نَاحِيَةٌ [meaning A district, quarter, tract, &c]: (O, TA:) so in the saying, أَنْتَ فِى صُقْلٍ خَالٍ [Thou art in a vacant district &c.]; like صُقْعٍ خَالٍ. (TA.) -A2- See also صَقْلٌ.

Length of the flanks; in a horse: (S, O:) or depression (اِنْهِضَام) of the flank. (M.)

A horse long in the flanks: (S, O:) or long in the flanks and short in the sides: (AO, TA: [see صُقْلٌ:]) and (O) having little flesh, (O, K, TA,) whether long or short, (O, K,) or whether long in the flank or short. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, applied to a man, (Ibn-'Abbád, O,) Differing, or varying, in his gait; or manner of walking. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)

: see صُقْلٌ. ― -b2- Also Leanness, or lankness in the belly, and slenderness. (TA.)

an inf. n. of صَقَلَهُ, (S, O, Msb,) or a simple subst. (M, K.) [See 1, first sentence.] ― -b2- صِقَالُ الفَرَسِ (assumed tropical:) The tending of the horse well, taking good care of him, supplying him with fodder and fattening him. (S, * M, O, * K.) One says, الفَرَسُ فِى صِقَالِهِ [The horse is in his state of good tending and feeding]. (S, O.) [See also 1, second sentence]. -A2- Also The belly. (K.)

A thing, (M,) or a sword, (Msb,) [and the like,] Polished; as also ↓ مَصْقُولٌ. (M, Msb, K.) ― -b2- And A thing, such as iron, and copper, smooth, solid, and impenetrable to water. (Msb.) ― -b3- [Also, as a subst., implying the meaning of an epithet,] A sword. (S, TA.)

: see صَيْقَلٌ.

Polishing: pl. صَقَلَةٌ. (S, M, Msb, K.)

One who practises the art of polishing (S, M, O, Msb, K) and sharpening (M, K) swords (S, M, O, Msb, K) and the like: (Msb:) [commonly called in the present day ↓ صَقَّال:] pl. صَيَاقِلَةٌ (S, M, O, Msb, K) and صَيَاقِيلُ: (so in a copy of the M:) the ة in the former pl. is affixed irregularly, as in مَلَايأِكَةٌ and قَشَاعِمَةٌ. (M.)

: see the next paragraph. -A2- Also, applied to a speaker, an orator, or a preacher, i. q. مِصْلَقٌ, (M, K,) used by a poet in the sense of the latter word, i. e. as meaning Eloquent. (Th, M.)