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1 لَحِسَهُ ذ , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) or لَحِسَهُ بِلِسَانِهِ, (A,) aor. لَحَسَ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. لَحْسٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and مَلْحَسٌ (A K) and لَحْسَةٌ and لُحْسَةٌ, (Yaakoob, S, K,) the last mentioned by ISk, (TA,) He licked it; (S, A, K, TA;) namely, a bowl, (S, K,) and a vessel: (S:) اللَّحْسُ is with the tongue: (S, K:) or لَحسَهُ signifies he took what was upon it, (Mgh,) or what adhered to its sides, (Msb,) with his tongue or his finger; (Mgh, Msb;) the suffixed pronoun referring to a bowl (Mgh, Msb) or some other thing: (Mgh:) and he took it (a thing) with his tongue. (TA.) It is said in a proverb, أَسْرَعُ مِنْ لَحْسِ الكَلْبِ أَنْفَهُ [Quicker than the dog's licking his nose]. (S, A.) See also مَلْحَسٌ, below. ― -b2- لَحِسَ الدُّودُ الصُّوفَ, (A, Mgh, Msb,) in measure like لَبِسَ, (Mgh,) or لَحَسَ, like مَنَعَ, (K,) inf. n. لَحْسٌ, (Mgh, Msb, K,) The worms ate the wool: (Mgh, Msb, K:) and in like manner, لحس الجَرَادُ الخُضَرَ (A, K) and الشَّجَرَ, (TA,) the locusts ate the green plants (K) and the trees. (TA.)