رَاشِحٌ

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رَاشِحٌ Sweating; exuding sweat.
2 A mountain moist in the lower part, and at the base of which there sometimes collects a little water: when this is much [in comparison with what thus collects, though still little abstractedly], it is termed وَشَلٌ: pl. رَوَاشحُ.
3 What one sees, like sweat, running in the interstices between stones. You say, كَمْ بَيْنَ الفُرَاتِ الطَّافِحِ وَالوَشَلِ الرَّاشِحِ [How great a difference is there between the overflowing Euphrates and a little water that distils scantily in interrupted drops from a rock or mountain, appearing, like sweat, running in the interstices between stones!].
4 The pl. رَوَاشِحُ also signifies The ثُعْل [which means a small teat in excess], or the أَطْبَآء [or teats], of a ewe or she-goat, particularly.
5 And the sing., A young gazelle that walks, being trained, or accustomed, to do so by his mother, so that he is caused to sweat. And A young weaned camel that has become strong enough to walk, or able to walk with strength: or that has become strong, and walks with his mother: pl. رُشَّحٌ.
6 And What creeps upon the earth, of such as are termed its خِشَاش and its أَحْنَاش.
7 See also مُرْشِحٌ.

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