عُقْلَةٌ

A bond like the عِقَال [q. v.]: or a shackle. (Har p. 199.)

[Hence it seems to signify An impediment of any kind.] One says, بِهِ عُقْلَةٌ مِنَ السِّحْرِ وَقَدْ عُمِلَتْ لَهُ نُشْرَةٌ [apparently meaning In him is an impediment arising from enchantment, and a charm, or an amulet, has been made for him]. (S, O.)

And A [mode of] twisting one's leg with another's in wrestling. (TA.) See 1, latter half.

And A twisting of the tongue when one desires to speak. (Mbr, TA in article حبس.)

And, in the conventional language of the geomancers, (O, K,) it consists of A unit and a pair and a unit, (O,) the sign =The original text has two parallel horizontal bars with a small circle above and below.: (K, TA:) also called ثِقَافٌ. (O, TA.)