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1 سمَطَهُ ذ , and سَمُطَ , and سَمِطَ , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. سَمْطٌ, (S, M, Msb,) namely, a kid, (S, M, Msb, K,) and a lamb, (M,) He removed its hair, (Msb,) or wool, (K,) or cleansed it of the hair, [or wool,] (S,) by means of hot water; (S, Msb, K;) in order to roast it; (S;) or it is generally done for this purpose: (TA:) or he plucked from it the [hair, or] wool, after putting it into hot water. (A.) ― -b2- [And It scalded it: for] you say, of boiling water, يَسْمُطُ الشَّىْءَ [it scalds the thing]. (TA.) -A2- سَمَطَهُ, (M, K,) inf. n. as above, (M,) also signifies He hung it; suspended it; namely, a thing; (M, K;) as also ↓ سمّطهُ , inf. n. تَسْمِيطٌ: (TA:) or the latter, he hung it, or suspended it, upon, (S, K,) or by means of, (so in some copies of the K and in the TA,) سُمُوط, (S, K,) meaning thongs, or straps. (TA.) And الذِّرْعَ ↓ سمّط , (M,) inf. n. تَسْمِيطٌ, (TA,) He hung the coat of mail upon the hinder part of his horse. (M.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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