Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حَمُوزٌ

Root: حمز

Full Definition

حَمُوزٌ , applied to the beverage termed نَبِيذ, [app. when it is in a state of fermentation,] Digestive.
2 إِنَّهُ لَحَمُوزٌ لِمَا means Verily he is one who keeps, or guards, or takes care of, prudently, or effectually, what he has collected together. [To the explanation in the K (ضَابِطٌ لِمَا ضَمَّهُ) is added in the TA, ومحتمل له, app. a mistranscription for وَمُحْتَفِلٌ بِهِ and one who manages it well.]


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