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خَرَشَهُ

Root: خرش

Form: 1

Full Definition

خَرَشَهُI , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun خَرْشٌ, He, or it, scratched him, or it, with the nails, in any part of the body, so as to cause bleeding or not; or wounded him in the outer skin, so as to make it bleed or not; or lacerated it little or much; or tore off its surface with a stick or the like; syn. خَدَشَهُ; [as also حَرَشَهُ;] and so : and بِظُفْرِهِ He scratched him, &c., with his nail. You say also, خَرَشَهُ بِحَدِيدَةٍ وَنَحْوِهَا [He scratched it with an iron thing, and the like].
2 It bit him; as also حَرَشَهُ.
3 خَرَشَ البَعِيرَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He drew the camel towards him with the مِخْرَاش, i. e., the مِحْجَن: or he struck the camel and then drew him to wards him therewith; desiring thereby to excite him to quicken his pace: and he struck him with its extremity in the side of his neck, or [elsewhere] in his skin, so as to scrape off from him his fur. [See also حَرَشَهُ.]
4 خَرَشَ لِعِيَالِهِ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He earned for his family, or household; collected, and practised artifice, for them; and sought sustenance for them; as also .
5 You say also, فُلَانٌ يَخْرِشُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ الشَّىْءَ بَعْدَ الشَّىْءِ Such a one takes from such a one thing after thing; as also . And مَا خَرَشَ شَيْئًا He has not taken anything. And فُلَانٌ مِنْ فُلَانٍ الشَّىْءَ Such a one takes and acquires from such a one the thing. And مُخَارَشَةٌ signifies The taking against one's will.
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