خَرَطَ
Root: خرط
Form: 1
Full Definition
2 خَرَطَ الشَّجَرَ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He pulled off the leaves, and the bark, or peel, from the trees with his hand [in the manner above described]. It is said in a prov., دُونَهُ خَرْطُ القَتَادِ [Before one can attain it he has to strip the tragacanth of its leaves by grasping each branch and drawing his hand down it: i. e. he has to perform what will be extremely difficult, if not impossible]. (S, TA. [In the S and L in art. قتد, we find مِنْ دُونِهِ.]) You say also, خَرَطَ العُنْقُودَ He pulled off the grapes, or the like, from the bunch with all his fingers: or he put the bunch in his mouth and drew forth its stalk bare; as also . It is said of Mo- hammad, كَانَ يَأْكُلُ العِنَبَ خَرْطًا [He used to eat grapes by putting the bunch in his mouth and drawing forth its stalk bare: or by stripping them off with all his fingers].
3 خَرَطَ العُودَ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He removed the bark, or peel, from the wood, or stick, and planed it, or made it even, with the مِخْرَط, which is also called بَلْط and بُلْط, (TA in art. بلَط,) or with his hand.
4 [Hence, in modern Arabic, He turned the wood, or stick; i. e., shaped it, or made it round, with a lathe.]
5 خَرَطَ الحَدِيدَ, Verbal.Noun as above, He made the iron long, like a column, or pole, or rod.
def.2 خَرَطَ الجَوَاهِرَ He collected the jewels in a خَرِيطَة [q. v.].
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