خَشِيبٌ
Root: خشب
Full Definition
2 And the former, or both, Picked out, chosen, or selected: both words thus having two contr. significations.
def.2 Also the former and latter, A sword polished: this is [said to be] the prevailing signification: or both signify a sharpened sword.
2 And the former, or both, A sword of which the forging is commenced; thus [again] having two contr. significations: or forged, or fashioned with the file, but not yet polished: or newly made: or imperfectly, not thoroughly, or not well, wrought; and thus both words applied to an arrow: or the former, or both, applied to an arrow, and to a bow, shaped out [in a rough manner,] by the first operation, not yet perfected, or made smooth, or even: pl. of the former خُشُبٌ and خَشَائِبُ. مَخْشُوبٌ لَمْ يُنَقَّحْ [Rough hewn, not yet trimmed,] is a prov., mentioned by Meyd and Z.
3 [Hence,] شِعْرٌ خَشِيبٌ and مَخْشُوبٌ
4 See also خَشِيبٌ voce خَشِبٌ, in three places.
5 It also signifies Bad, corrupt, or vile.
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