قِشْرٌ

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قِشْرٌ The covering of a thing, whether natural or accidental; i. e., of anything; [the exterior part, peel, rind, bark, coat, crust, integument, skin, or covering, of a branch, plant, fruit, or the like; a coat such as one of those of an onion or other bulbous root, as is shown in the K, voce مُصَّاخٌ; a case, husk, shale, shard, or shell, such as covers a seed or seeds or an egg; a crust, a scab, a substance consisting of scales or laminæ and any similar thing, that peels off from the skin &c.; the skin of fruits &c.;] of a branch [and the like], the part which is like the skin of a human being; and hence the قِشْر of a melon and the like: pl. قُشُورٌ. قِشْرَةٌ is a more particular term [signifying A piece, or particle, of peel, rind, bark, &c.]: and likewise signifies the skin of a هَبْرَة [or piece of flesh-meat] which remains when its liquor has been sucked; as also قُشْرَةٌ . قُشَارٌ also signifies the same as قِشْرٌ: and likewise the skin [or slough] of a serpent.
2 [Hence,] قِتْرٌ also signifies The dress, or apparel, of a man; any dress, or apparel: and a garment; as also قِشْرَةٌ : and the pl. is قُشُورٌ. You say, عَلَيْهِ قِشْرٌ حَسَنٌ [Upon him is goodly apparel]. And خَرَجَ بَيْنَ قِشْرَتَيْنِ نَظِيفَتَيْنِ He went forth in two clean garments. And in a trad. of Keyleh it is said, كُنْتُ إِذَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا ذَا رُوَآءٍ وَذَا قِشْرٍ طَمَحَ بَصَرِى إِلَيْهِ [I used, when I saw a man of goodly aspect, and of apparel, to raise my eyes towards him].
3 [Hence, also,] قُشَارٌ signifies The refuse, or lowest or basest or meanest sort, of mankind, or of people. (IAar, in TA, arts. بشر and خشر.) See also قُشَارَهٌ.
4 And see قُشْرٌ.

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