حَرَّاضٌ
Root: حرض
Full Definition
حَرَّاضٌ
One who burns
حُرْض [kali, or glasswort, &c.] for
قِلْى [or potash]; (K; [in the CK, لِلْقَلْى is erroneously put for لِلْقِلْىِ;]) one who makes a fire upon
حُرْض
for the purpose of procuring from it
قِلْى; i. e. for the dyers; and
إِحْرِيضٌ also signifies one who makes a fire upon
أُشْنَان [or حُرْض]: it is said that [plants of the kind called] حَمْض are burned, in their fresh state, and then water is sprinkled upon their ashes, which in consequence are compacted, and become قِلْى [q. v.].
2 Also One who makes a fire upon masses of hard stone for the purpose of preparing thence نُورَة [or quick lime], or جِصّ [which is gypsum].
2 Also One who makes a fire upon masses of hard stone for the purpose of preparing thence نُورَة [or quick lime], or جِصّ [which is gypsum].
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