A cutting, or sharp, sword; (K;) as also ↓خَذُومٌ (JK, K) and ↓مِخْذَمٌ; (JK, T, S, ISd, TA;) the last erroneously said in the K to be like مُعَظَّمٌ. (TA.) One of the swords of Mo- hammad was named ↓المِخْذَمُ: it was formerly the sword of El-Hárith El-Ghassánee. (TA.)
2.
A garment, or piece of cloth, altogether, or wholly, old and worn out. (TA.) [And in like manner, according to Freytag (who does not name his authority), ↓خَذُومٌ, applied to a scabbard of a sword, Lacerated and worn by use.]
3.
(tropical:) Quick, or swift of pace, applied to a horse; (JK, S;) and so ↓خَذُومٌ, applied to an ostrich. (S.)
4.
[And hence.] (tropical:) A man (JK, S) liberal, or bountiful, (S, K,) in giving; (S;) pleased, content, or willing, (JK, K, TA,) to be liberal or bountiful; plenteous in gifts: (TA:) plural خَذِمُونَ: (JK, K:) it has no broken plural (TA.)