صقل1 صَقَلَهُ, (S, M, O, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ (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. ـَ 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.) صَقْلٌ, (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.) صُقْلٌ 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 صُقْلٍخَالٍ [Thou art in a vacant district &c.]; like  صُقْعٍ خَالٍ. (TA.) A2:  See also صَقْلٌ.صَقَلٌ Length of the flanks; in a horse: (S, O:) or depression (اِنْهِضَام) of the flank. (M.) صَقِلٌ 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.) صُقْلَةٌ: see صُقْلٌ. b2:  Also Leanness, or lankness in the belly, and slenderness. (TA.) صِقَالٌ 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.) صَقِيلٌ 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.) صَقَّالٌ: see صَيْقَلٌ.صَاقِلٌ Polishing: pl. صَقَلَةٌ. (S, M, Msb, K.) صَيْقَلٌ 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 مَلَائِكَةٌ and قَشَاعِمَةٌ. (M.) مِصْقَلٌ: 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.) مِصْقَلَةٌ (S, M, O, K, KL) and ↓ مِصْقَلٌ (KL) An instrument, (S, M, O, KL,) or a خَرَزَة [which may here mean either a bead-shaped stone or a shell], (K,) with which one polishes (S, M, O, K, KL) a sword (S, O, KL, TA) and the like, (S, TA,) a knife, (KL,) a mirror, a garment, or piece of cloth, and paper. (TA.) مَصْقُولٌ: see صَقِيلٌ. b2:  مَصْقُولُ الكِسَآءِ means (assumed tropical:)  Milk overspread with a pellicle: (O, * TA:) a rájiz says, فَهْوَ إِذَا مَا اهْتَافَ أَوْ تَهَيَّفَا يُبْقِى الدُّوَايَاتِ إِذَا تَرَشَّفَا عَنْ كُلِّ مَصْقُولِ الكِسَآءِ قَدْ صَفَا [And he, when he thirsts, or experiences the hot south-west wind (الهَيْف), leaves only the pellicles when he sucks in with his lips from every quantity of milk overspread with a pellicle, that has become clear]: accord. to As, it means the froth of milk: (TA:) IAar explained it accord. to its apparent signification, as used in a verse of 'Amr Ibn-ElAhtam El-Minkaree, (O, TA,) i. e. as meaning a [glossy] red كِسَآء; [a sense not indicated by that verse, and clearly inconsistent with the ex. cited  above;] and when told how As had explained it, replied that, when he had said it, he was ashamed to retract it. (TA.)