م • ش • ط

, aor. مَشُطَ and مَشِطَ , (M, Msb,) inf. n. مَشْطٌ, (M, Msb, K,) He combed the hair; loosed and separated it with the comb; or combed and dressed it; syn. رَجَّلَهُ, (M, K, *) or سَرَّحَهُ: (Msb:) and ↓ مشّطهُ signifies he did so much. (Msb.) You say also مَشَطَتِ المَاشِطَةُ المَرْأَةَ, aor. مَشُطَ , inf. n. as above, [The ماشطة combed, or combed and dressed, the woman's hair.] (S, TA.) Hence, (TA,) دَائِمُ المَشْطِ is applied to (tropical:) A blandisher, or coaxer. (K, TA.) -A2- مَشْطٌ also signifies The act of mixing. (Fr, K.) You say, مَشَطَ بَيْنَ المَآءِ وَاللَّبَنِ [He mixed together the water and the milk]. (TA.)

He combed, or combed and dressed, his hair: (Msb, K: *) [and in like manner,] you say of a woman, امتشطت. (S, TA.)

A lock of hair descending below the lobe of the ear combed, or combed and dressed; i. q. ↓ مَمْشُوطَةٌ. (S, TA.)

A comb-maker. (TA.) See also مَاشِطَةٌ, in two places.

[A female comber, or comber and dresser, of the hair;] (S;) a female who combs the hair, or combs and dresses it, well; (K;) and [in like manner] ↓ مَشَّاطَةٌ a girl who performs well the art of combing, or combing and dressing, the hair. (TA.) And one of the post-classical writers has used in his poetry the epithet ↓ مَشَّاطٌ [applied in like manner to a man or boy]. (TA.

: fem. with ة: see مَشِيطٌ. بَعِيرٌ مَمْشُوطٌ. (assumed tropical:) A camel marked with the mark termed مُشْط; (K;) as also ↓ أَمْشَطُ. (TA.)

The art, or occupation, of the مَاشِطَة. (K.)

A mode, or manner, of combing, or of combing and dressing the hair. (S, * TA.)

What falls, of hair, on the occasion of combing, or combing and dressing it. (S, * Msb, K. *)

(S, Msb, K,) and ↓ مِشْطٌ, (Msb, K,) but the latter disapproved by IDrd, (TA,) and ↓ مَشْطٌ, (K,) and accord. to some with each of the three vowels to the ش, but this requires consideration [in other cases than those here following], (MF,) and ↓ مُشُطٌ (Ks, K) and ↓ مُشُطٌّ (AHeyth, K) and ↓ مَشِطٌ (K) and ↓ مِمْشَطٌ, (IB, K,) of all which the first is the most chaste, (TA,) A comb: pl. أَمْشَاطٌ (S, Msb, K,) and مِشَاطٌ. (IB, K.) مُشْطٌ مِنَ الحَدِيدِ A curry comb (مِحَسَّةٌ): so called by a poet because it has teeth like the مُشْط. (TA, art. نمص.) Also مُشْطٌ (tropical:) [An upright loom;] a loom with which one weaves, set upright: (K, TA:) pl. أَمْشَاطٌ. (TA.) You say ضَرَبَ النَّاسِجُ بِمِشْطِهِ and أَمْشَاطِهِ (tropical:) [app. meaning The weaver wove with his upright loom and his upright looms]. (TA.) (tropical:) [The metatarsal bones;] the سُلَامَيَات of the upper part of the foot; (S, K;) i. e. the slender bones spread upon the foot, exclusive of the toes; [also called, more particularly, or perhaps only called, مُشْطُ القَدَمِ or مُشْطُ الرِّجْلِ:] pl. أَمْشَاطٌ. (TA.) You say, اِنكَسَرَ مُشْطُ قَدَمِهِ (tropical:) [His metatarsal bones broke]. (TA.) And قَامُوا عَلَى أَمْشَاطِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ (tropical:) [They stood upon their metatarsal bones]. (TA.) مُشْطُ الكَتِفِ (assumed tropical:) The wide bone of the scapula: (S:) or a wide bone thereof: (K:) or the wide flesh thereof: (T, TA:) مُشْطٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) A certain mark made with a hot iron upon camels, (K,) in the form of a comb, (Sb, TA,) upon the body, and the neck, and the thigh. (Aboo-'Alee, TA.)