Eating; or an eater; as also ↓أَكِيلٌ: plural أَكَلَةٌ. (S, K.) You say, هُمْ أَكَلَةُ رَأْسٍ [lit. They are eaters of a head]; meaning (assumed tropical:) they are few; one head satisfying their stomachs. (S.)
اكِلَةُ اللَّحْمِ (assumed tropical:) The knife; (K, TA;) because it cuts the flesh: (TA:) and the pointed staff or stick; (K, TA;) as being likened thereto: (TA:) and fire: (K:) and whips; (Sh, K;) because they burn the skin. (TA.)
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الاكِلُ, [in the CK, erroneously, الاَكِلُ,] (tropical:) The king. (K, TA.) [Opposed to المَأْكُولُ, q. v.]
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اكِلُ الرِّبَا (tropical:) [The receiver of usury]: occurring in a tradition, in which it is said, لُعِنَ اكِلُ↓الرِّبَا وَ مُوءْكِلُهُ (tropical:) [The receiver of usury is cursed, and the giver thereof]. (TA.)