سِلْكٌ
1.
Thread, or string, (S, Mgh, K,) with which one sews: (K:) or upon which beads are strung; (Ham p. 42;) [but] not having beads upon it; for if it have, it is termed سِمْطٌ: (S and Mgh in article سمط:) [in the present day it signifies wire:] a plural [or rather a coll. gen. n.] of which the singular [or n. un.] is
سِلْكَةٌ: the plural [of pauc.] of سِلْكٌ is أَسْلَاكٌ and [of mult.] سُلُوكٌ. (K.)
2.
[Hence,] one says, هٰذَا كَلَامٌ رَقِيقُ السِّلْكِ (tropical:) This is speech, or language, [subtile; or] abstruse in its course, or tenour; i. e.
خَفِىُّ المَسْلَكِ. (TA.)
3.
And مَا أَنْتَ بِمُنْجَرِدِ السِّلْكِ, (AZ, TA in article جرد,) or بِمُتَجَرِّدِ السِّلْكِ, (so in a copy of the A in that article,) said to one who is shy, or bashful, (assumed tropical:) meaning [Thou art] not free from shyness in appearing [before others]: (AZ, TA in that article:) or (tropical:) thou art not celebrated, or well-known. (A and TA in that article)
4.
Also The first of what is emitted by the she-camel [from her udder], before the
لِبَأ [or biestings]. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)