حَمَّةٌ

A hot spring, (IDrd, S, Mgh, K,) by means of which the diseased seek to cure themselves. (IDrd, S, K.) In a tradition, (S, TA,) the learned man (العَالِم) is said to be like the حَمَّة, (S, Mgh, TA,) to which the distant resort, and which the near neglect. (TA.)