زوّقهُ
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[Then, He gilded it with an amalgam of quicksilver and gold: see زَاوُوقٌ.
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And hence,] He decorated it, and embellished it; namely, a thing [of any kind: and particularly he painted it]: but IF says that زوّقهُ, meaning thus, is without foundation; that they say it is from الزَّوُوقُ meaning الزِيءْبَقُ; [as it is said to be in the K;] but that this is [mere] assertion. (O, TA.) [Whether properly or improperly, however,] one says, زَوَّقَ البَيْتَ بِالزَّاوُوقِ, i. e. He decorated the house, or chamber, [perhaps meaning the House of God, at Mekkeh, i. e. the Kaabeh, as appears to be probable from what here follows,] and changed its colour and its fashion or semblance, with
زاووق, i. e. زيءبق. (Har p. 107.) And it is related in a tradition that he [Mohammad] said to Ibn-'Omar, إِذَا رَأَيْتَ قُرَيْشًا قَدْ هَدَمُوا البَيْتَ ثُمَّ بَنَوْهُ
فَزَوَّقُوهُ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ المَوْتَ فَمُتْ [When thou seest Kureysh shall have demolished the House of God, then built it again, and decorated it, if thou be able to die, then die]: he disliked the تَزْوِيق of mosques because of its inducing desire for the things of the present world, and its finery, or because of its diverting the person praying. (TA.)
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One says also, (TA,) زَوَّقْتُ الكَلَامَ, and الكِتَابَ, (assumed tropical:) I embellished the speech, or language, and the writing, or book; and (tropical:) I rectified, or corrected, it. (S, TA.) And زَوَّرَ فُلَانٌ كِتَابَهُ and زَوَّقَهُ both mean (tropical:) Such a one rectified, or corrected, his writing, or book. (TA.)
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And زَوَّقُوا الجَارِيَةَ
They embellished the girl, or young woman, with
نُقُوش [or decorations, apparently such as are made by tattooing, or staining with
حِنَّاء]: such decoration is termed
زَوَاقٌ, like سَحَابٌ: and hence,
تَزَيَّقِى, [Embellish thyself &c.,] said to a woman; [so that it is originally
تَزَوَّقِى;] or this is from زيق, [i. e. زِيقٌ,] with ى. (TA.)