طَحَنَ البُرَّ

, aorist طَحَنَ , verbal noun طَحْنٌ, (S, Msb, K,) said of a man, (S,) He ground the wheat; i. e. he made the wheat into دَقِيق [i. e. flour]; and so [but apparently in an intensive sense] ↓ طحّنهُ. (K.)

[Hence] one says, طَحَنَهُمْ فَأَهْلَكَهُمْ (assumed tropical:) [He crushed them and destroyed them]. (T and M and K in article دم.) And حَرْبٌ تَطْحَنُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ (assumed tropical:) [A war that crushes every thing]. (TA. [See also طَحُونٌ.]) And طَحَنَتْهُمُ المَنُونُ (assumed tropical:) [Time, or death, reduced them to dust]. (TA.)

And one says also, طَحَنَتِ الرَّحَى [The mill-stone ground; or revolved]. (S.)

And [hence,] طَحَنَتِ الأَفْعَى The viper turned round about; or coiled itself. (S, K. *)