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غَمَصٌ ذ Fluid filth [or foul matter] in the inner corner of the eye: (Mgh:) or what is fluid of [the filth, or foul matter, or white filth, which collects in the inner corner of the eye, and which, when concrete, is called] رَمَص: (S, K:) or a thing like froth, which the eye emits; a portion whereof is termedغَمَصَةٌ : (TA:) or what resembles white froth, in the side of the eye: but رَمَصٌ is in the side of the eyelashes: (ISh:) or both these words signify dirt which the eye emits: or غَمَصٌ is what is concrete. (M in art. رمص.)

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