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صَدِيدٌ ذ an inf. n. of صَدَّ [q. v.] in one of its senses. (S, A, K.) -A2- Also The ichor, i. e. thin water, [or watery humour,] of a wound, (S, A, Mgh, K,) mixed [or tinged] with blood, (S, A, Mgh,) before the matter becomes thick: (S, A:) or matter, or pus, like water, in which is a mixture of red and white: (M:) or matter, or pus, like water in thinness and like blood in its having a mixture of red and white: (AZ, Msb:) and some add that when it has thickened, it is مِدَّة: (Msb:) or matter, or pus, mixed with blood, (Lth, Mgh, Msb,) in a wound. (Lth.) In the Kur xiv. 19, it means What flows from the skins of the inmates of Hell: (M:) or what flows from their insides, and is mixed with matter and blood: (Jel:) or hot water (حَمِيمٌ) boiled until it thickens. (M, K.) ― -b2- And hence, as being likened thereto, صَدِيدُ الفِضَّةِ i. e. ذُوَابَتُهَا [app. meaning What is melted of silver]. (M.)

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