غِسْلٌ
1.
A preparation for washing the head, consisting of
خِطْمِىّ [or marsh-mallows] and other things (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K) of a similar kind, (Mgh, Msb, K,) [with water,] as [leaves of] the [species of lote-tree called] سِدْر, (Msb,) and
طِين, (TA,) or طِينَةُ الرَّأْسِ, [meaning fullers' earth, which is often used in the bath and elsewhere instead of soap,] (Mgh,) and
أُشْنَان [or potash]: (TA:) [and apparently any wash for the head:] and
غِسْلَةٌ signifies the same: (Mgh, K:) and also (this latter) leaves of the myrtle: and perfume; synonym طِيبٌ: and what a woman puts into her hair on the occasion of combing and dressing it: (K:) غِسْلَةٌ مُطَرَّاةٌ being myrtle [-leaves] rendered fragrant with aromatic perfumes, used in combing and dressing one's hair: one should not say غَسْلَةٌ. (S, O.) IAar cites the following verse (S, O) of 'Abd-Er-Rahmán Ibn-Dárah El-Ghatafánee, (O,)
[And, O Leylà, (لَيْلَ being a contraction of لَيْلَى, but in the O it is يا جُمْلُ O Juml,) verily the wash for the head, as long as thou remainest husbandless, shall be unlawful to me: the wash for the head shall not touch me]: i. e. I will not need the wash for the head by my جِمَاع of other than her: [he says thus] in eager desire of taking her in marriage. (S, O.)فَيَا لَيْلَ إِنَّ الغِسْلَ مَا دُمْتِ أَيِّمًاعَلَىَّ حَرَامٌ لَا يَمَسُّنِىَ الغِسْلُ
2.
See also غَسُولٌ.
3.
And see also غُسَلَةٌ.