رَوْسَمٌ

Also A sign, a token, a mark, or an indication, (M, K,) of beauty or of ugliness; as in the saying, إِنَّ عَليْهِ لَرَوْسَمًا [Verily upon him is a sign, &c.]: so says Khálid Ibn-Jebeleh: (M:) plural رَوَاسِمُ and رَوَاسِيمُ. (TA.)

And as plural of رَوْسَمُ, (TA,) رَوَاِسيمُ signifies Certain books, or writings, that were in the Time of Ignorance. (S, K.)

Also the singular, A stamp, or seal; i. e. an instrument with which one stamps, or seals; and رَوْشَمٌ is a dialect var. thereof: (M:) or, as some say, particularly, (M,) one with which the head [or mouth] of a [large jar such as is called] خَابِيَة is stamped, or sealed; (M, K;) as also رَاسُومٌ, (K,) and رَاشُومٌ. (TA.) And A piece of wood, (S, M, Msb, K,) or a small tablet, (A,) upon which is some inscription (S, M, A, K) engraved, or hollowed out, (A, K,) with which wheat, (S, M, K,) or corn, or grain, (Msb,) [in its repository,] is stamped, or sealed, (S, M, Msb, K,) or with which collections of wheat or corn are stamped, or sealed: (AA, TA:) as also رَوْشَمٌ: plural رَوَاسِمُ. (Msb.) [In some copies of the K, by the omission of a و, this meaning and the next are assigned to رَسْمٌ.]

And (as some say, S) A certain thing with which deenárs are polished. (S, K.) A poet says, (S,) namely, Kutheiyir, (TA,)

دَنَانِيرُ شِيفَتْ مِنْ هِرَقْلٍ بِرَوْسَمِ

[Deenárs, of Heraclius, that were polished with روسم]. (S, TA.)

It occurs in poetry as meaning The face of a horse, in the phrase قُرْحَةٌ بِرَوْسَمٍ [A star, or blaze, in the face of a horse]. (M.)

Also A calamity, or misfortune; (K;) like رَوْسَبٌ. (TA.)