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قَاشِرَةٌ ذ [A شَجَّة (or wound upon the head) which merely peels off the external skin; also termed حَارِصَةٌ; (see شَجَّةٌ;)] the first شَجَّة, (S, K,) because it peels off the skin, (S,) or which peels off the skin. (K.) ― -b2- A woman who peels her face, (K,) i. e., the external skin of her face, with medicine [called قَشُورٌ], in order that her complexion may become clear; (K, TA;) and who rubs her face, or the face of another, with [the kind of liniment called] غُمْرَة; (TA;) as also ↓ مَقْشُورَةٌ : (K:) which latter [also] signifies a woman to whom this is done. (TA.) The قَاشِرَة and the مَقْشُورَةٌ are cursed in a trad. (M, K.) ― -b3- مَطْرَةٌ قَاشِرَةٌ, (S,) and ↓ قُشْرَةٌ , and ↓ قُشَرَةٌ , (M, K, TA,) A rain that pares, or strips, the surface of the earth, (S, M, K, TA, [in the K, مَطَرٌ يَقْشِرُ is put in the place of مَطْرَةٌ تَقْشِرُ, in the M]) and removes the pebbles from the ground, being a rain that falls with vehemence. (TA.) ― -b4- سَنَةٌ قَاشِرَةٌ, (TA,) and ↓ قَاشُورَةٌ , (S, M, K,) and ↓ قَاشُورٌ , (M, K,) (tropical:) A year that strips, or strips off, everything: (M, K:) or that strips, or strips off, men; and camels or the like: (M:) a year of sterility, drought, or dearth. (S.) See also أَقْشَرُ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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