(assumed tropical:) i. q.بَلُّوقَةٌ; (ISh;) plural بِرَاصٌ, (ISh, K,) which signifies White places, (ISh,) or portions distinct from the rest, (K,) in sand, which give growth to nothing. (ISh, K.)
2.
The plural also signifies (assumed tropical:) The alighting-places of the jinn, or genii: (K:) [reminding us of our fairy-rings:] in which sense, also, it is plural of بُرْصَةٌ. (TA.)
3.
Also, the singular, (assumed tropical:) An aperture in clouds, or mist, through which the face of the sky is seen. (M, TA.)