Sir, masir, masir = fasir, p. 30, 43, ol, 9; étendue, p. 44. Sayf (II) musayyaf. Edrisi (p. IA, l. 5) and Ibn-Haucal, in his chapter on Egypt, use this word when speaking of the crocodile's tail. It must mean flattened, for it is known that crocodiles have flattened tails, and in Edrisi it is the opposite of musanbar, round. Sayl (I) is not only used when speaking of water, but also when speaking of quicksand, p. 49, 42; Edrisi, Clim II, Sect. 5: ramal sayil wa sahsaḥ ghamir. The word subal is also used when speaking of quicksand; Freytag does not even give it in its proper sense, flowing, although it is classical; Zamakhshari, Asas al-balagha: qarnana bi-wadi nabta mayyal wa mawh subal wa li-ya'simuhum al-nabt mayyal 'ala ramla' wa al-ma' subal 'ala ahjar. Ibn-Batuta, I, p. 299; speaking of quicksand, Edrisi, Clim. II, Sect: 6: wa hadhihi al-ard thalaba raml subal wa al-riyah la'iba bihi yantafih min makan ila makan. The same observation applies to the word masayil. Edrisi, Clim. II, Sect: 5: wa huwa manzil fihi 'an ma' fi masil raml. psal, Nile fish, p. Iv; Description de l'Égypte, XXIV, p. 308. pl. shabbut, shuyut, Nile and Tigris fish, p. 16; see p. 25 of the translation; Ğazwini, II, p. 299; carp, Humbert, p. 69, and Bocthor. sha'i the pl. of sha'i', p. 11. (I) to be dented, p. 41; Bocthor and Marcel translate dentelle by shabaka. shubal, shad, p. 11; Kartas, p. 1 and M. Tornberg's note, p. 364; ibid., p. IA; Dombay, p. 68; Jackson, Account of Morocco, p. 4, 5, 6, 7; Marcel (shabbal) and shabbal under shad. In Spanish súbalo. (1) The verb shadd, to tie, is particularly used when speaking of camel saddles and the loads they carry; today