سَلِيلَةٌ
1.
See سَلِيلٌ.
2.
Also A sinew, (عَصَبَةٌ, (M, K, or عَقَبَةٌ, K,) or a portion of flesh having streaks, or strips, (M, K,) that separate, one from another. (TA.) And The oblong portion of flesh of the part on either side of the backbone: (K:) or this is called سَلِيلَةُ
المَتْنِ: (M:) [or] according to As, [the plural] سَلَايءِلُ signifies the long streaks, or strips, of flesh extending with the backbone. (TA.) See also سَلِيلٌ, last sentence. [Also] A small thin thing [or substance] resembling flesh: plural سَلَايءِلُ. (TA in article خشم.) And سَلَايءِلُ السَّنَامِ
Long slices cut from the camel's hump. (TA.)
3.
And the plural, Oblong
نَغَفَات [or portions of dry mucus or the like] in the nose. (M.)
4.
Also [Goats'] hair separated, or plucked asunder, with the fingers, then folded, and tied; then the woman draws from it one portion after another, which she spins: (M:) or سَلِيلَةٌ مِنْ شَعَرٍ signifies what is drawn forth from a
ضَرِيبَة
of [goats'] hair, which is a portion thereof separated, or plucked asunder, with the fingers, then folded, and rolled up into long portions, the length of each being about a cubit, and the thickness that of the half of the fore arm next the hand: this is tied, then the woman draws from it one portion after another, and spins it. (S.) [See also عَمِيتَةٌ.]