مِشْعَلٌ

1.
A certain thing, (S, O, K,) used by the Arabs of the desert, (S, O,) made of skins (S, O, K) sewed together, like the نِطَع [q. v.], (S, O,) having four legs (S, O, K) of wood, to which it is bound, so that it becomes like the wateringtrough; (S, O;) [the beverage called] نَبِيذ is prepared in it, (S, O, K,) because [generally] they have not jars: (S, O:) also called مِشْعَالٌ: (O, K:) plural مَشَاعِلُ. (S, O.) شَرِبَ مِشْعَلًا occurs in a tradition [as meaning He drank the quantity that filled a مِشْعَل of نَبِيذ]. (O.)
2.
Also i. q. مِصْفَاةٌ [A clarifier, or strainer, for wine &c.]: (O, K:) plural as above. (TA.)

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