كِمَادٌ

(a subst. K) The act of beating a garment, or a piece of cloth, by a fuller. (L, K. *)

كِمَادٌ (K) and كِمَادَةٌ (A, L, K) A greasy, (A,) or dirty, (K,) or greasy and dirty, (L,) piece of rag, which is heated, and put upon a pained part, as a means of cure, (A, L, K,) for pain (A, K) of the belly, (K,) or flatulence. (A, K.)

كِمَادٌ i. q. تَكْمِيدٌ; see 2; (S, L;) [The application of a كِمَادَة;] the taking a piece of rag, and heating it with fire, and putting it upon the place of a swelling. (Sh, L.) It is said in a tradition, الكِمَادُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنَ الكَىِّ [The application of a كِمَادَة is more pleasing to me than cauterization]. (S, L.)