عثكلQ. 1 عَثْكَلَ الهَوْدَجَ, (K, TA,) inf. n. عَثْكَلَةٌ, (TK,) He adorned the هودج [or women's camel-vehicle] with the kind of pendant termed عُثْكُولَة. (K, * TA.) And عُثْكِلَ الهَوْدَجُ The هودج was [so] adorned. (S.) A2:  And [the inf. n.] عَثْكَلَةٌ signifies A heavy kind of running. (K.) One says, هُوَ يُعَثْكِلُ He runs heavily. (TK.) Q. 2 تَعَثْكَلَ العِذْقُ The عذق [or raceme of a palm-tree or of dates] had many شَمَارِيخ [or fruit-stalks, also called عَثَاكِيل, whence the verb]. (S, TA.) عِثْكَالٌ and ↓ عُثْكُولٌ (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K) and ↓ عُثْكُولَةٌ (K) i. q. شِمْرَاخٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and شُمْرُوخٌ, (Msb,) i. e. [A fruit-stalk of the raceme of a palm-tree; or] a stalk, of a كِبَاسَة, upon which are the ripening dates: (S, O:) or [so in some copies of the K and in the TA, but in other copies of the K “ and,”] i. q. عِذْقٌ [i. e. a raceme of a palm-tree or of dates]; (K;) [i. e.] an عُنْقُود of a palm-tree, of which the شِمْرَاخ is a single branching stalk: (Mgh:) [agreeably with this last explanation and the latter of the two here given from the K, it is said,] and it is, in relation to the palm-tree, like the عُنْقُود in relation to the grape-vine: (S, O:) and in one dial., the ع is changed into ء, so that one says إِثْكَالٌ [and أُثْكُولٌ]: the pl. is عَثَاكِيلُ. (Msb.) It is said in a trad., خُذُوا عِثْكَالًا فِيهِ مِائَةُ شِمْرَاخٍ فَاضْرِبُوهُ بِهَا ضَرْبَةً [i. e. Take ye a raceme of a palm-tree in which are a hundred fruit-stalks, and strike him therewith a single stroke]. (O.) عُثْكُولٌ: see the next preceding paragraph: b2: and that here following.عُثْكُولَةٌ: see عِثْكَالٌ. b2:  Also, (K,) and ↓ عُثْكُولٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:)  A kind of pendant, of عِهْن [i. e. wool, or dyed wool], or some [other] ornament, (K, TA,) suspended to a هودج [or women's camel-vehicle], (TA,) so as to dangle in the air: (K, TA:) pl. عَثَاكِلُ occurring in a verse [by poetic license for عَثَاكِيلُ]. (TA.) عِدْقٌ مُعَثْكَلٌ [A raceme of a palm-tree or of dates] having many شَمَارِيخ [or fruit-stalks]. (TA.) [See also the following paragraph.] b2: And, by way of comparison [thereto], هَوْدَجْ مُعَثْكَلٌ (assumed tropical:)  A هودج [or women's camel-vehicle] having much wool [in the form of pendants, suspended to it]. (TA.) عِذْقٌ مُتَعَثْكِلٌ and مُتَعَثْكَلٌ [A raceme of a palm-tree or of dates] having عَثَاكِيل [i. e. fruit-stalks]. (K.) [See also the next preceding paragraph.]