خُمَاشَةٌ
Root: خمش
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خُمَاشَةٌ
A wound, or mutilation, for which there is no fine, or mulct, or for which there is no certain fine, or mulct; or what is below the bloodwit; as the cutting off of an arm or a hand, or of an car, and the like: or a wound, or mutilation, of any kind below slaughter and the bloodwit; such as amputation, or a wound; or a blow, or plunder, or a similar injury. It is related in a trad., that Keys Ibn-' Ásim collected his sons at his death, and said, كَانَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ فُلَانٍ خُمَاشَاتٌ فِى
الجَاهِلِيَّهِ [There were, between me and such a one, wounds, &c., in the Time of Ignorance]. And you say, قَدْ أَخَذْتُ خُمَاشَتِى مِنْ فُلَانٍ
I have retaliated upon such a one [my wound, &c.].
2 خُمَاشَاتٌ, also, or خُمَاشَاتُ ذَحْلٍ, signifies
2 خُمَاشَاتٌ, also, or خُمَاشَاتُ ذَحْلٍ, signifies
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