م • ق • ل

, inf. n. مُمَاقَلَةٌ He vied with him in diving: see غَامَسَهُ.

: see تَغَاطَسَا.

, for جُرْعَةُ مَقْلَةٍ: see 3 in art. صفن.

The Theban palm; palma Thebaïca of Pococke; the cucifera of Theophrastes. Also The خُوص, or leaves, of the tree thus called: see نظم See also صَمْغٌ.

The ball, or globe, or bulb (lit. fat, شَحْمَة), of the eye, i. e., the eyeball, which comprises the white and the black. (Khalk el-Insán of Zj; and S, Msb, K.)