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خَذِمٌ ذ A cutting, or sharp, sword; (K;) as also ↓ خَذُومٌ (JK, K) and ↓ مِخْذَمٌ ; (JK, T, S, ISd, TA;) the last erroneously said in the K to be like مُعَظَّمٌ. (TA.) One of the swords of Mo- hammad was named ↓ المِخْذَمُ : it was formerly the sword of El-Hárith El-Ghassánee. (TA.) ― -b2- A garment, or piece of cloth, altogether, or wholly, old and worn out. (TA.) [And in like manner, accord. to Freytag (who does not name his authority), ↓ خَذُومٌ , applied to a scabbard of a sword, Lacerated and worn by use.] ― -b3- (tropical:) Quick, or swift of pace, applied to a horse; (JK, S;) and so ↓ خَذُومٌ , applied to an ostrich. (S.) ― -b4- [And hence.] (tropical:) A man (JK, S) liberal, or bountiful, (S, K,) in giving; (S;) pleased, content, or willing, (JK, K, TA,) to be liberal or bountiful; plenteous in gifts: (TA:) pl. خَذِمُونَ: (JK, K:) it has no broken pl. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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