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1 غَمَنَ الجِلْدَ ذ , (S, K,) aor. غَمُنَ , (S,) inf. n. غَمْنٌ, (TA,) i. q. غَمَلَهُ; (K;) [see the latter;] He put together the skin after it had been stripped off, and covered it over until its wool became loose, for the purpose of tanning: (TA:) or he covered over the skin (S, TA) for two nights, for the purpose of tanning, (TA,) in order that its wool might become loosened from it: (S, TA:) and the epithet applied to it is ↓ غَمِينٌ , (S, K,) like غَمِيلٌ. (S.) ― -b2- And غَمَنَ التَّمْرَ, (S,) or البُسْرَ, (K, TA,) has the like meaning, (S,) i. q. غَمَلَهُ; (K;) He covered over [the dates, or] the unripe dates, in order that they might become ripe; (TA:) and the epithet applied to them is ↓ مَغْمُونٌ , like مَغْمُولٌ. (TA in art. غمل.) ― -b3- And غَمَنَ فُلَانًا [like غَمَلَهُ] He threw his clothes upon such a one, in order that he should sweat. (K.) -A2- غُمِنَ فِى الأَرْضِ means أَدْخِلَ فِيهَا [app. It, or perhaps he, was put into the earth; or made to enter into it]. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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