bismuth (metallic element)

: see what follows.

(S, Mgh, K, &c.) and ↓ إِبْزَامٌ (K) [A buckle;] the thing that is at the head [or end] of the [zone, or waist-belt, called] مِنْطَقَة (S, K) and the like, and that has a tongue, into which [thing] the other extremity [of the منطقة] enters; (K;) a ring with a tongue, which is at the head of the منطقة and the like, and with which it is fastened; (Mgh;) the ring that has a tongue which enters into the hole in the lowest part of the shoulderbelt of the sword, and upon which the ring then bites, or presses; the ring altogether [with the tongue] being termed ابزيم; (ISh, TA;) the iron thing that is at the end of the girth of the horse's saddle, which is fastened therewith; and sometimes it is at the end of the منطقة: (IB, TA:) pl. أَبَازِيمُ. (S.) ― -b2- Also A lock; and so إِبْزِينٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- You say, إِنَّ فُلَانًا لَإِبْزِيمٌ, meaning (assumed tropical:) Verily such a one is a niggard. (TA.)