عَبِيرٌ

A certain mixture (As, S, O, Msb, K) of perfumes, (Msb, K,) compounded with saffron: (As, S, O:) or, (K,) with the Arabs (S, O, TA) of the Time of Ignorance, (TA,) according to AO, it means saffron (S, O, K, TA) alone: but in a tradition, mention is made of smearing with عبير or with saffron; and this shows عبير to be different from saffron: (S, O, TA:) IAth says that it is a sort of perfume, having colour, compounded of certain mixtures. (TA.) [See a verse cited voce ذَبِيحٌ; and another cited voce رَقْرَقَ.]