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1 خَرَطَ الوَرَقَ خرط الورق , (S, Msb,) aor. خَرُطَ and خَرِطَ , inf. n. خَرْطٌ, (Msb,) He rubbed off the leaves (S, Msb) from the branches, (Msb,) by grasping the upper part, and passing the hand along it to the lower part. (S.) ― -b2- خَرَطَ الشَّجَرَ, aor. as above, (K,) and so the inf. n., (TA,) He pulled off the leaves, (K, TA,) and the bark, or peel, (TA,) from the trees (K, TA) with his hand [in the manner above described]. (TA.) It is said in a prov., دُونَهُ خَرْطُ القَتَادِ [Before one can attain it he has to strip the tragacanth of its leaves by grasping each branch and drawing his hand down it: i. e. he has to perform what will be extremely difficult, if not impossible]. (S, TA. [In the S and L in art. قتد, we find مِنْ دُونِهِ.]) You say also, خَرَطَ العُنْقُودَ He pulled off the grapes, or the like, from the bunch with all his fingers: (AHeyth:) or he put the bunch in his mouth and drew forth its stalk bare; as also ↓ اخترطهُ . (K.) It is said of Mo- hammad, كَانَ يَأْكُلُ العِنَبَ خَرْطًا [He used to eat grapes by putting the bunch in his mouth and drawing forth its stalk bare: or by stripping them off with all his fingers]. (TA.) ― -b3- خَرَطَ العُودَ, aor. as above, (S, K, *) and so the inf. n., (S,) He removed the bark, or peel, from the wood, or stick, (S, K,) and planed it, or made it even, (K,) with the مِخْرَط, which is also called بَلْط and بُلْط, (TA in art. بلَط,) or with his hand. (TA in the present art.) ― -b4- [Hence, in modern Arabic, He turned the wood, or stick; i. e., shaped it, or made it round, with a lathe.] ― -b5- خَرَطَ الحَدِيدَ, inf. n. as above, He made the iron long, like a column, or pole, or rod. (S.) -A2- خَرَطَ الجَوَاهِرَ He collected the jewels in a خَرِيطَة [q. v.]. (MF.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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