ن • خ • ل

He cleared it [or sifted it]; as also ↓ نَخَلَهُ and ↓ تَنَخَّلَهُ: (K [see سَفْسَفَهُ]:) or he took the best of it (S, Msb) to the utmost: (S:) or he chose the best of it for himself. (TA.)

A cultivator of palm-trees: see عَطَلٌ.