تمرّس
Root: مرس
Form: 5
Full Definition
تمرّسV
It was, or became, strongly twisted and adhering. See مَرَسَةٌ.
2 تمرّس بِهِ He kept to it constantly, or assiduously; he accustomed himself to it; syn. ضَرِيَهُ [app. for ضَرِىَ بِهِ].
3 He rubbed, or scratched, himself against it; as, for instance, a camel against the trunk of a palm-tree, or any tree, on account of the mange or an itching; as also به. You say also, البَقَرَةُ تَمَرَّسُ بِالشَّجَرِ The cow rubs her horns against the trees to sharpen them. (A. [In my copy of the A, I find here تَمْرُسُ; but this is evidently a mistake of the copyist for تَمَرَّسُ, or its original form تَتَمَرَّسُ.])
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2 تمرّس بِهِ He kept to it constantly, or assiduously; he accustomed himself to it; syn. ضَرِيَهُ [app. for ضَرِىَ بِهِ].
3 He rubbed, or scratched, himself against it; as, for instance, a camel against the trunk of a palm-tree, or any tree, on account of the mange or an itching; as also به. You say also, البَقَرَةُ تَمَرَّسُ بِالشَّجَرِ The cow rubs her horns against the trees to sharpen them. (A. [In my copy of the A, I find here تَمْرُسُ; but this is evidently a mistake of the copyist for تَمَرَّسُ, or its original form تَتَمَرَّسُ.])
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