حَصُفَ

, aorist حَصُفَ , (S, K,) verbal noun حَصَافَةٌ, (S, TA,) [apparently, in its primary and proper sense, It was, or became, compact, or firm and close; said of a rope, and of a web, and the like: see its particle n., حَصِيفٌ; and see also 10.

And hence,] (tropical:) He (a man, TA) was, or became, firm, or sound, in intellect or sense; (S, K, TA;;) or strong in intellect, and good in judgment. (TA.)

-A2- حَصِفَ, aorist حَصَفَ , verbal noun حَصَفٌ, It (the skin, S, TA, or the body, or person, Msb) was, or became, affected with dry mange or scab: (S, K, TA:) or broke out with small pustules, (Msb, TA,) like the smallpox, (Msb,) generating matter, or thick purulent matter, and not becoming large; sometimes coming forth in the soft parts of the belly in the days of heat. (TA.)