Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مِشْحَذٌ

Root: شحذ

Full Definition

مِشْحَذٌ A whetstone; or thing with which, or upon which, one sharpens.
2 And [hence,] A rough, severe, or violent, driver: (O, K: [see also شَحَذَانٌ:] and applied also as an epithet to a driving.


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