مُطْعِمَةٌ
1.
, (S, K,) like مُحْسِنَةٌ, (K,) [i. e.] with kesr to the ع, according to IAar, (S,) and like مُكْرَمَةٌ, (K, [i. e.
مُطْعَمَةٌ, but I think it most probable that it is correctly
مِطْعَمَةٌ, like مِكْسَحَةٌ &c., as being the name of an instrument, agreeably with a remark respecting it in what follows,]) (tropical:) A bow: (S, K, TA:) called by the former appellation because it feeds its owner with the game: (IAar, S, TA:) and by the latter appellation because one takes the game by means of it, and often shoots with it. (TA.)
2.
And المُطْعِمَةُ, (K, TA,) or, as written by Z, with fet-h, [i. e.
المُطْعَمَةُ, or, as I think more probable,
المِطْعَمَةُ,] (tropical:) The
غَلْصَمَة [or epiglottis; because it is said to throw the meat and drink into the gullet]. (K, TA.) And (tropical:) [The place thereof; i. e.] the
حَلْق [or fauces; or upper part of the throat]: so in the saying, أَخَذَ فُلَانٌ بِمطعمة فُلَانٍ i. e. (tropical:) Such a one seized the
حَلْق
of such a one, squeezing it; said only in a case of throttling and fighting. (AZ, TA.)