عَلْقٌ

A hole in a garment, (K, TA,) caused by one's passing by a tree or a thorn that has caught to it; (TA;) as also عَلَقٌ: (K, TA:) or a thing that has caught, or clung, to a garment, and pulled it [and, apparently, frayed, or rent, it]. (S. [See also عَلْقَةٌ.])

And The act of reviling. (K.) [See also عَلَقَهُ بِلِسَانِهِ, (of which it is the verbal noun,) near the end of the first paragraph.]

And A species of trees used for tanning. (K.)