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سَاهِمُ الوَجْهِ ذ , applied to a man, Altered in face. (TA.) The saying of 'Antarah, “ وَالخَيْلُ سَاهِمَةُ الوُجُوهِ كَأَنَّمَا
تُسْقَى فَوَارِسُهَا نَقِيعَ الحَنْظَلِ
” is expl. by Th as meaning And the owners of the horses were altered in their complexions in consequence of the state of difficulty wherein they were [as though they, i. e. the riders thereof, were given to drink infusion of colocynth]. (TA.) [But] سَاهِمُ الوَجْهِ, is applied as an epithet to a horse as meaning Urged, or made, to perform a distressing act of running: and in like manner to a man when he is urged, or made, to perform a distressing part in war, or battle. (TA.) ― -b2- [The fem.] سَاهِمَةٌ, applied to a she-camel, means Lean, or lank in the belly: (S, K: [see also مَسْهُومٌ:]) and [its pl.] سَوَاهِمُ, applied to camels, altered by journeying. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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