Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ض

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مُضَرَّسٌ ذ (assumed tropical:) A sort of figured cloth or garment, (S, O, K,) having upon it forms resembling أَضْرَاس [i. e. teeth or lateral teeth or molar teeth], (K,) or thought by IF to be thus called because having upon it such forms: (O:) or, applied as an epithet to [the kind of garments called] رَيْط, as meaning figured with the marks of folding: or meaning folded in a square form: or, as some say, مُضَرَّسَةٌ signifies a sort of cloths, or garments, upon which are lines and ornamental borders. (TA.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) An arrow that is not smooth, or even; because it has in it what resemble أَضْرَاس. (TA.) ― -b3- And حرَّةٌ مُضَرَّسَةٌ and ↓ مَضْرُوسَةٌ (assumed tropical:) [A stony tract] in which are stones like the أَضْرَاس of dogs. (A'Obeyd, S, K.) -A2- Also (tropical:) A man who has been tried, or proved, or tried and strengthened, by experience; (A, TA;) whom trials have befallen, as though he had been bitten thereby: (TA:) who has been tried, or proved, and rendered expert, or strong, by wars, (S, A,) and by affairs, or calamities: (A:) like مُنَجَّذٌ from نَاجِذٌ: (A, TA:) or who has become experienced in affairs: (AA, S:) one who has travelled, and become experienced in affairs, and fought; as also ↓ ضِرْسٌ and ↓ ضَرِسٌ . (TA.)