ق • ض • م

He crunched, nibbled or gnawed? See خَضِمَ: and see also Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 245.

as meaning A skin &c. has for pl. أَقْضِمَةٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and قُضُمٌ, and قُضْمٌ, accord. to Sb, is a quasi-pl. n., (TA,) and قَضَمٌ is a pl. [or quasi-pl. n.] thereof as meaning a white skin upon which one writes. (S, K.) See an ex. of قُضُمٌ voce عَسِيبٌ.