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2 حمّض حمض , inf. n. تَحْمِيضٌ: see 1, first signification. -A2- [It seems to be also syn. with تحمّض, q. v.: for, ― -b2- ] said of a man, it signifies أَتَى المَرْأَةَ فِى دُبُرِهَا, as though he shifted from the better of the two places to the worse thereof, by reason of preposterous desire: (TA:) as also ↓ احمض : opposed to أَخَلَّ [q. v.]. (TA in art. خل.) ― -b3- تَحْمِيضٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) تَفْخِيذٌ (S, TA) in جِمَاع. (TA.) ― -b4- Also (assumed tropical:) The giving, or doing, little of a thing. (S, K.) You say, حَمَّضَ لَنَا فُلَانٌ فِى القِرَى (assumed tropical:) Such a one gave, or did, little to us in entertaining. (S.) -A3- حَمَّضْتُ الإِِبِلَ: see 4. ― -b2- حمّضهُ عَنْهُ: see 4.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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