خِمْلَةٌ
1.
: see خَمْلٌ: and خَمْلَةٌ.
2.
Also A man's secret, which he conceals: and his secret disposition of the mind. (K.) One says, اِسْأَلْ عَنْ
خِمْلَاتِهِ [in the CK خَمْلاتِه] Ask thou concerning his secrets, and his bad, evil, or foul, qualities, dispositions, habits, practices, or actions. (K, TA.) And هُوَ لَيءِيمُ الخِمْلَةِ [He is base, ignoble, or mean, in respect of the secret disposition of the mind], and كَرِيمُهَا [generous in respect thereof]: (Fr, K:) or it is applied peculiarly to baseness, ignobleness, or meanness: (AZ, K:) حَسَنُ
الخِمْلَةِ has not been heard. (AZ.)