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خُمَاشَةٌ ذ A wound, (S, A, K,) or mutilation, (S,) for which there is no fine, or mulct, (A,) or for which there is no certain fine, or mulct; (S, K:) or what is below the bloodwit; as the cutting off of an arm or a hand, or of an car, and the like: (K:) 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. (L.) 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]. (L.) And you say, قَدْ أَخَذْتُ خُمَاشَتِى مِنْ فُلَانٍ I have retaliated upon such a one [my wound, &c.]. (TA.) ― -b2- خُمَاشَاتٌ, also, (S, TA,) or خُمَاشَاتُ ذَحْلٍ, (A, TA,) signifies (tropical:) Remains of ذَحْل [or desire of retaliation, or the like]. (S, A, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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