ر • ص

, (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. رَصُ3َ , inf. n. رَصٌّ, (S, M, Msb,) He stuck it (a thing, S, Mgh) together, one part to another, (S, A, Mgh, K,) so that there might be no interstice in it; (Mgh;) joined it together; (Msb, K;) namely, a building; (Msb;) and ↓ رصّصهُ, (S, * Mgh, K,) inf. n. تَرْصِيصٌ, (S,) signifies the same; (S, Mgh, K;) and so ↓ رَصْرَصَهُ: (TA:) or these three verbs all signify he made it (a building) firm and compact: (M:) or ↓ رصرصه signifies he made it (a building) firm and strong: (IDrd, K:) and رُصَّ, said of anything, it was made firm, and joined together. (M, TA.) And hence, القُمْقُمَةَ ↓ رصِص He tied (شَدَّ [perhaps a mistranscription for سَدَّ he stopped up]) firmly the mouth of the قمقمة [a kind of vessel]. (Mgh.) And رَصَّ بَابَهُ He closed, or locked, his door; as also لَصَّهُ, q. v. (TA in art. لص.) رَصَّتْ بَيْضَهَا She (a domestic hen, A, K, and an ostrich, A) made her eggs even, or level, with her bill (A, K) and her feet, to sit upon them. (A.) See also رَصَاصةٌ.

They placed themselves close together, (Ks, S, M, A, K,) in a rank, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) in prayer, (A, TA,) and in battle, (TA,) so that there was no intervening space among them; (Ks;) as also ↓ ارتصّوا: (A:) they placed themselves in a rank, or in ranks, in battle, and in prayer. (M.)

The stones were stuck, or set close, together; as also ↓ ترصّصت. (A.) See also 6.

A man whose teeth are near together: (M, A, K:) fem. رَصَّاءُ. (M, A.) And the fem., applied to a woman, Impervia coëunti; as also ↓ رَصُوصٌ. (M.) رَصَّاءُ الفَخِذِيْنِ A woman whose thighs are close together. (A.) فَخِذٌ رَصَّاءُ A thigh that cleaves, or sticks, to its fellow. (O, K.)

A [cap of the kind called] قَلَنْسُوَة like a melon. (O, K.)

A building having its several parts stuck together, (S, A, Mgh, TA,) so that there is no interstice in it: (Mgh:) or a building made firm and compact: (M:) and ↓ مُرَصَّصٌ signifies the same; (A, Mgh, TA;) and so ↓ رَصِيصٌ. (M, TA.) You say also, ↓ بَيْضٌ رَصِيصٌ Eggs [set] one upon another. (K.) A thing done over, or overlaid, (مَطْلِىٌّ,) with رَصَاص; as also ↓ مُرَصَّصٌ. (S, K.) بِيءْرٌ مَرْصُوصَةٌ A well cased with رَصَاص. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)

(S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ رِصَاصٌ, (M,) or the latter is vulgar, (S,) and not allowable, (K,) or, accord. to AHát, it is correct, and it is quoted by Ez-Zarkashee, and by certain of the Expositors of the Fs, and is the only form mentioned by AHei, (TA,) and, accord. to some of the moderns, ↓ رُصَاصٌ also, (MF,) and ↓ رَصَصٌ, (M, TA,) which is a contraction of the first, (TA,) [Lead;] a certain mineral, (M,) well known; (S, K;) i. q. عَلَابِىُّ; (Mgh;) pure Arabic; (IDrd;) so called because of the compactness of its particles: (IDrd, M:) it is of two kinds; the black, which is [also called] أُسْرُبٌّ, and أَبَّارٌ or إِبَارٌ [accord. to different copies of the K]; and white, which is [also called] قَلْعِىٌّ, and قَصْدِيرٌ [which is applied in the present day to tin, and pewter]: if a little thereof [of the former kind thereof accord. to the TA] be thrown into a cooking-pot, its flesh-meat will never become thoroughly cooked: and if a tree be encompassed by a ring thereof, its fruit will not drop, but will become abundant: (K:) and Abu-l-Hoseyn ElMedáïnee says, it used to be said, the drinking from a vessel thereof is a security against the colic: (TA:) ↓ رَصَاصَةٌ signifies a piece thereof. (Msb.)

See رَصَاصٌ.

Also, (accord. to a copy of the M,) or ↓ رَصَّاصَةٌ, with teshdeed, (K,) Stones cleaving to the circuit of a running spring; and so ↓ رَصْرَاصَةٌ: (Lth, M, K:) or رصاصة [in my copy of the A written ↓ رُصَاصَة] signifies a stone: and the pl. is رَصَايءِصُ [which is reg. as pl. of either of the above-mentioned forms without tesh-deed but not as pl. of that with teshdeed]. (A.) You say, عَلَى القَبْرِ الرَّصَايءِصُ ↓ رُصَّتْ The stones were heaped together upon the grave. (A.) Hence, ↓ رُصَاصَةٌ, (as in the A,) or ↓ رَصَّاصَةٌ, (accord. to the K,) (tropical:) A niggard: (A, K:) likened to a stone. (A.)

in the teeth is like لَصَصٌ; (M, TA;) and ↓ رَصِيصٌ in the teeth signifies [the same, i. e.,] Nearness together. (A, TA. *) -A2- See also the next paragraph.

See مَرْصُوصٌ.

A woman's [face-veil of the kind called] نِقَاب drawn near to her eyes. (AA, K.) -A2- See also رَصَصٌ.

See رَصَاصَةٌ.

Hard ground or land. (K.) This is its meaning accord. to IDrd. (TA.)

See رَصَّهُ.

رَصْرَصَ فِى المَكَانِ He continued, or became fixed or settled, in the place. (IAar, K.)

[app., accord. to the TA, A manufacturer of lead: or] a seller of lead. (Meyd, in Golius.)