خُرْطُومٌ
Root: خرطم
Full Definition
خُرْطُومٌ
The nose, [properly,] accord. to Th, of a beast of prey: or the fore part thereof: or a large, or an elevated, nose: or the part upon which a man contracts, or closes, the
حَنَكَانِ [or upper and lower portions of the mouth]: as also
خُرْطُمٌ ; sometimes, by poetic license, written
: or it signifies also the part upon which contracts, or closes, the front of the
حَنَكَانِ: [and a snout: often used in this sense; and so, in describing the fish termed كَوْسَج, in the S and K:] and the proboscis of an elephant; and, as being likened thereto, of a flea: pl. خَرَاطِيمُ. سَنَسِمُهُ
عَلَى الخُرْطُومِ, in the Kur [lxviii. 16], means
2 [Hence,
3 [Hence also,
4 And app.
5 [Hence, also,] خَرَاطِيمُ القَوْمِ
def.2 Also Wine: or wine that quickly intoxicates: and the juice that first flows from the grapes, before they are trodden.
2 [Hence,
3 [Hence also,
4 And app.
5 [Hence, also,] خَرَاطِيمُ القَوْمِ
def.2 Also Wine: or wine that quickly intoxicates: and the juice that first flows from the grapes, before they are trodden.
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