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إِِزْمِيلٌ ذ A shoemaker's knife (S, K, TA) with which he cuts the leather. (TA.) [In the TA, in art. ذرب, it is expl. as meaning A shoemaker's إِِشْفَى with which he sews: but this I have not found elsewhere.] ― -b2- Also An iron (K, TA) like the new moon [in shape], (TA,) that is put at the end of a spear, for the purpose of catching wild oxen. (K, * TA.) ― -b3- And The [implement called] مِطْرَقَة [q. v.]. (K.) ― -b4- Applied to a man, (K, TA,) (assumed tropical:) A great, or vehement, eater; likened to the [shoemaker's] knife: (TA:) or strong: and also weak; (K, TA;) low, mean, or contemptible: (TA: [like زُمَّلٌ:]) thus having two contr. significations. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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