جِذْمَةٌ

A piece cut off (S, K) of a rope &c., (S,) or of a thing of which the extremity has been cut off, the lower, or principal, part remaining; (K;) as also ↓ جِذْمٌ. (TA.)

A whip: (S, K:) because it becomes cut by that which is beaten with it. (TA.)

The part of a whip of which the slender extremity has become much cut [by use], the lower, or principal, part remaining; plural جِذَمٌ: (L, TA:) or the remaining part of a whip; its lower, or principal, portion. (As, TA.)

A thick piece of wood, having fire at the end of it or not; [i. e. a brand, or fire-brand;] like جِذْوَةٌ. (AO, S and TA in article جذو.)

(assumed tropical:) A company of men [as though cut off from others]. (TA.)