خِرْشَآءٌ

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خِرْشَآءٌ The skin, or slough, of a serpent. To this one likens a thin, transparent, shirt. AHn applies its pl., خَرَاشِىُّ, metaphorically, to [the skins of] all [animals of the class termed] حَشَرَات.
2 The upper covering, which is dry, or tough, or hard, [app. meaning the shell,] of an egg, after it has been broken, and what was in it, of moisture, has been extracted: or the inner skin, or inner covering, of an egg; also called غِرْقِئٌ: pl. as above.
3 To this is likened Anything in which are an inflation and a bursting and holes.
4 The thin skin upon the surface of milk: or the bubbles that rise upon the surface of milk: froth, or foam. (S, TA. [See an ex. in a verse cited voce قَصَرَ.])
5 Phlegm: or viscous phlegm in the chest: and what is termed نُخَامَة, q. v. You say, أَلْقَى خَرَاشِىَّ صَدْرِهِ He cast forth the phlegm of his chest. [See also a tropical meaning below.] And أَلْقَى مِنْ صَدْرِهِ خَرَاشِىَّ He cast forth from his chest what is termed نُخَامَة and phlegm: or thick spittle.
6 خِرْشَآءُ العَسَلِ The was of honey, and the dead bees in it: or the young bees, or the wings, that are upon honey. (M and L in art. جث.)
7 طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ فِى خِرْشَآءٍ The sun rose in dust; syn. غَبَرَة.
8 أَلْقَى فُلَانٌ خَرَاشِىَّ صَدْرِهِ Such a one cast forth what he concealed of rancours and enmities, and of grief.

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