ذَوْبٌ
1.
[What is fluid, or liquid, of water &c.; opposite of
جَمْدٌ: see جَامِدٌ: and see also ذَايءِبٌ.
2.
] Honey, (T, M, K,) in a general sense: (M:) or honey cleared from its wax: (T, M, K:) or honey in the bees' cells: (S, M, K:) and melted, or liquefied, honey: (M:) or melted, or liquefied, honey, cleared from its wax: so in the saying,
هُوَ أَحْلَىمِنَ الذَّوْبِ بِالإِذْوَابَةِ (tropical:) [He, or it, is sweeter than honey melted and cleared of its wax, with fresh butter melted in a cooking-pot to clarify it]. (A.)
3.
Gum flowing upon the ground. (TA voce مِغْفَرٌ.)
4.
ذَوْبُ الذَّهَبِ
Watergold: or, according to Er-Rázee, fluid, or liquid, gold; the verbal noun ذَوْب being used in this instance in the sense of ذَايءِب. (Har p. 448.)
5.
(assumed tropical:) Foolishness, or stupidity. (TA.) [But see the next paragraph.]