شَثٌّ
Root: شث
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شَثٌّ
A species of tree, of those that grow upon the mountains, or a certain plant, of sweet odour, but bitter to the taste, with which one tans, growing in the mountains of El-Ghowr and Tihámeh and Nejd; a kind of tree like the dwarf-apple-tree, in size, the leaves of which are like those of the
خِلَاف [q. v.], and are used for tanning therewith, without thorns, and having a small rose-coloured [fruit of the kind called] بَرَمَة, in which are three or four black grains, resembling the
شِينِيز [q. v.], which, when scattered, are eaten by the pigeons: n. un. with ة. the word occurs in a trad. as the name of a tan: Az says that it is a mistake for شَبّ, though he knew not whether the شَثّ were used for tanning, or not: [Mtr, however, says that] شِبّ is a mistake in this case, for it is a species of زَاج, and is a dye, not a tan: accord. to some, the شَثّ is the wild nut (جَوْزُ البَرِّ). [See also شَبٌّ.]
def.2 The honey-bee.
def.3 A broken portion of the head of a mountain, remaining in a form like the [kind of acroterial ornament of a wall called] شُرْفَة: pl. شِثَاثٌ.
def.4 Also Many, or much, of anything.
def.2 The honey-bee.
def.3 A broken portion of the head of a mountain, remaining in a form like the [kind of acroterial ornament of a wall called] شُرْفَة: pl. شِثَاثٌ.
def.4 Also Many, or much, of anything.
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