قَاشِرَةٌ

[A شَجَّة (or wound upon the head) which merely peels off the external skin; also termed حَارِصَةٌ; (see شَجَّةٌ;)] the first شَجَّة, (S, K,) because it peels off the skin, (S,) or which peels off the skin. (K.)

A woman who peels her face, (K,) i. e., the external skin of her face, with medicine [called قَشُورٌ], in order that her complexion may become clear; (K, TA;) and who rubs her face, or the face of another, with [the kind of liniment called] غُمْرَة; (TA;) as also ↓ مَقْشُورَةٌ: (K:) which latter [also] signifies a woman to whom this is done. (TA.) The قَاشِرَة and the مَقْشُورَةٌ are cursed in a tradition (M, K.)

مَطْرَةٌ قَاشِرَةٌ, (S,) and ↓ قُشْرَةٌ, and ↓ قُشَرَةٌ, (M, K, TA,) A rain that pares, or strips, the surface of the earth, (S, M, K, TA, [in the K, مَطَرٌ يَقْشِرُ is put in the place of مَطْرَةٌ تَقْشِرُ, in the M]) and removes the pebbles from the ground, being a rain that falls with vehemence. (TA.)

سَنَةٌ قَاشِرَةٌ, (TA,) and ↓ قَاشُورَةٌ, (S, M, K,) and ↓ قَاشُورٌ, (M, K,) (tropical:) A year that strips, or strips off, everything: (M, K:) or that strips, or strips off, men; and camels or the like: (M:) a year of sterility, drought, or dearth. (S.) See also أَقْشَرُ.