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ضَمْدٌ ذ Such as is fresh, or moist, of herbage or trees: and such as is dry thereof: (S, * L, K: *) thus having two contr. meanings: (K:) or fresh and dry herbage mixed together: and herbage of which every twig, or shoot, has put forth its leaves. (L.) ضَمْدٌ مِنَ الدَّمِ means Such as is dry of blood; dry blood. (L.) ― -b2- Also The better, or best, and the worse, or worst, of sheep or goats: (S, L, K:) or the young, and the old: or such as are in a sound, or good, state, and such as are in an unsound, or a bad, state: or the slender, and the large. (L.) A man says to his creditor, أَقْضِيكَ مِنْ ضَمْدِ هٰذِهِ الغَنَمِ [I will pay thee with some of the better, or best, or of the worse, or worst, &c., of these sheep or goats]. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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