Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ك

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كمح

1 كَمَحَ الدَّابَّةَ ذ , [aor. كَمَحَ ,] (inf. n. كَمْحٌ; M) and ↓ أَكْمَحَهَا ; i. q. كَبَحَهَا (A 'Obeyd, K) and أَكْبَحَهَا: (A 'Obeyd:) or كَمَحَ الدَّابَّةَ بِالِلّجَامِ signifies He pulled in the horse, or the like, by the bridle and bit, in order that it might stop, and not run: (M:) and ↓ اكمحها , he pulled its bridle so that its head became upright, or erect. (As, S, M.) 4 أَكْمَحَ See 1. -A2- اكمح الكَرْمُ The grape-vine became in a state of commotion preparatory to its putting forth its leaves. (S, K.) ― -b2- اكمحت الزَّمَعَةُ The gem, or knot, in the place whence a bunch of grapes was about to grow forth became white, and what resembled cotton came forth upon it. (Az, on the authority of Et-Táïfee.) ― -b3- See also اكمخ and أُقْمِحَ. كَوْمَحٌ ذ (and كُومَحٌ, L) A man (S) having large buttocks. (S, L, K.) ― -b2- Also كَوْمَحٌ, A man (TA) whose teeth fill his mouth so that his speech is thick: (K:) or a man whose teeth are crowded together, one upon another, so that his mouth seems to be straitened by them. (IDrd.) ― -b3- فَمٌ كومح A mouth straitened by the great number of the teeth and by the swelling of the gums. (IDrd.)