عسّل الطَّعَامَ

, verbal noun تَعْسِيلٌ: see 1, first sentence.

عَسَّلْتُهُمْ, (S, O, K,) verbal noun as above, (S, O,) I furnished them with عَسَل [i. e. honey] for travelling-provision; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ عَسَلْتُهُمْ. (K.)

And عسّل الرَّجُلَ, verbal noun as above, He made the man's condiment to be عَسَل [or honey]. (TA.)

And the Arabs say, عَسِّلُوا ضَيْفَكُمْ, meaning Divert ye your guest with something [whereby to allay the craving of his stomach] before the [morning-meal called] غَدَاء; like لَمِّجُوهُ and لَهِّجُوهُ &c. (El-Umawee, TA in article لهج.)

And عَسَّلَتِ النَّحْلُ The bees made honey. (TA.)

[And, according to Freytag, عسّل signifies He collected honey: but for this he names no authority.]