م • ش

, (S, A,) aor. مَشُ3َ , (S,) inf. n. مَشٌّ, (S, A, K,) He wiped his hand with a thing, (S, A, K), or with a rough thing, (As, S,) and with a napkin, (A,) to cleanse it, (S, A, K,) and to remove its greasiness. (As, S, A, K.) [See an ex. in a verse cited voce مُضَهَّبٌ.] You say also, مَشَّ أُذُنَهُ, and بِأُذُنِهِ, He wiped his ear. (TA.) And أُمْشُشْ مُخَاطَكَ Wipe thou away the mucus of thy nose. (TA.) (tropical:) He wiped an arrow, and a bow-string, with his garment, to make it soft. (A, TA. *) -A2- مَشَّ, (Lth, A, Mgh,) [aor. and] inf. n. as above, (K,) He sucked, (Lth, A, Mgh,) a bone, (A,) or the heads, or extremites, of bones, (Mgh, K,) [i. e.] what are termed مُشَاش, they being chewed; (Lth;) as also ↓ تمشّشهُ, (Lth, A, K,) and ↓ امتشّهُ, and ↓ مَشْمَشَهُ, of which last the inf. n. is مَشْمَشَةٌ: (TA:) and (TA) العَظْمَ ↓ تمشّش he ate the مُشَاش [q. v.] of the bone: or he sucked the whole of it; or extracted its marrow; syn. تَمَكَّكَهُ: (S, TA:) and ↓ مشّشهُ, (TK,) inf. n. تَمْشِيشٌ, (K,) he extracted its marrow; (K, * TA;) as also ↓ امتشّهُ. (TA.) مَشَّ النَّاقَةَ, (S,) inf. n. as above, (K,) (assumed tropical:) He milked the she-camel leaving some of the milk in the udder: (S, K: *) and مَشٌّ also signifies (assumed tropical:) the milking to the uttermost; and so ↓ إِمْتِشَاشٌ: (TA:) you say, مَا فِى الضَّرْعِ ↓ امتشّ (assumed tropical:) he took, (K,) i. e. milked, (TA,) all that was in the udder. (K, TA, from Ibn-'Abbád.) هُوَ يَمُشُّ مَالَ فُلَانٍ, (A, TA,) inf. n. as above, (K,) (tropical:) He takes the property of such a one, thing after thing; (A, K, TA;) as also يَمُشُّ مِنْ مَالِهِ: (TA:) or the latter, (accord. to one copy of the S,) or من ماله ↓ يَمْتَشُّ, (accord. to other copies of the S, and the TA,) he obtains of his property. (S, TA.)

, (K,) inf. n. إِمْشَاشٌ, (TA,) It (a bone) had in it what might be sucked, or extracted; i. e., (TA,) had in it marrow. (K, TA.)

See مَشَّ.

Also, (tropical:) He performed the purification termed إِسْتَنْجَاء (IAar, A, K) with a piece of stone or a lump of dry clay or loam. (IAar, K.)

A napkin, (S, A,) or rough napkin, (TA,) or thing with which to wipe the hand. (S, K.) See 1, first signification.

, (S, K,) in the dial. of El-Basrah, (TA,) and ↓ مَشْمَشٌ, (AO, S, K,) in the dial. of El-Koofeh, (TA,) [The apricot;] a certain thing that is eaten; (S;) a well-known fruit; (K;) called in Persian زَرْدٌ الُو [or زَرْدْ الُو]; (TA.) than which few things are found more productive of cold, or coolness, to the stomach, and befouling, and weakening: (K:) some, (K,) namely, the people of Syria, (TA,) apply this appellation to the إِجَّاص [which with others signifies the plum; but with them, the pear]: (K:) so says Lth: and some of the people of Syria pronounce it [مُشْمُسٌ,] with damm. (TA.)

The heads of bones, (S, Mgh, K,) that are soft, (S,) that may be chewed, (S, K,) or that are sucked: (Mgh:) or soft bones: (A:) or the heads of bones such as the knees and elbows and shoulder-bones: (A'Obeyd:) and the bone within a horn: (Mgh:) sing. [or rather n. un.] with ة: (S, K,) which is also said to signify the prominent part of the shoulder-bone. (TA.) رَجُلٌ هَشُّ المُشَاشِ رِخْوُ المَغْمَزِ (tropical:) [lit. A man soft, or fragile, in the heads of the bones, flabby where he is felt or pressed,] denotes dispraise. (TA.) (tropical:) The soul, or spirit; syn. نَفْسٌ. (S, K.) You say فُلَانٌ طَيِّبُ المُشَاشِ (tropical:) Such a one is generous in soul, or spirit. (S, A. *) نَهِشُ المُشَاشِ, applied by Aboo-Dhu-eyb to a horse, means (tropical:) Light, or quick, in spirit, or in the bones, or in the legs. (S, TA.) (tropical:) Natural disposition. (K, TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ لَيِّنُ المُشَاشِ (tropical:) Such a one is good in natural disposition; one who abstains from coveting. (TA.) (tropical:) Origin. (K, Ibn-'Abbád.) So in the saying انه لكريم المُشَاشِ (tropical:) Verily he is of generous origin: (Ibn-'Abbád, TA:) or this means (tropical:) verily he is a lord, or chief. (A, TA.) [And similar to this is the saying] ↓ هُوَ فِى مُشَاشَةِ قَوْمِهِ (tropical:) He is among the best of his people. (A, * TA.) (assumed tropical:) Light, sharp, or quick, and who does much service in journeying and at home: (K:) or (assumed tropical:) light in spirit: or (assumed tropical:) one who is a light burden (خَفِيفُ المَوءُونَةِ) to him who consorts with him: or (assumed tropical:) sharp or quick in motions: and, as some say, خَفِيفُ المَشَاشِ means (assumed tropical:) one who does much service in journeying and at home: so accord. to Ibn-'Abbád. (TA.)

The camels became dispersed. (TA in art. صعر.)