أَحْمَشُ

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أَحْمَشُ Slender in the shanks, applied to a man; as also الساقين, and : and so الساقين, applied to a woman. And الخِلْقَةِ Slender in make, applied to a man. أَحْمَشُ also signifies Slender, applied to the small bone of the shank: and so حَمْشَآءُ [the fem.], and , and , applied to the shank (سَاق), and to the fore arm (ذِرَاع), and to the legs (قَوَائِم): and [the pls.] حُمْشٌ and حِمَاشٌ, applied to shanks (سُوق): and حَمِشٌ , and حَمْشٌ , and مُسْتَحْمِشٌ , applied to a bow-string; the last on the authority of Ibráheem El-Harbee; and each of the last three epithets with ة added, applied to bow-strings. You say also لِثَةٌ A gum having little flesh: or a thin gum.

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