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جُرَازٌ جراز , applied to a sword, (S, K,) Cutting, or sharp: (K:) or cutting much, or very sharp: (S:) or penetrating: or that cuts off utterly, or entirely. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence you say of a she-camel, likening her to such a sword, إِِنَّهَا لَجُرَازٌ لِلشَّجَرِ (assumed tropical:) Verily she is one that eats and breaks the trees. (TA.) See also جَرُوزٌ.

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