خ • ر • ش

, (S, A, K,) aor. خَرِشَ , (S, K,) inf. n. خَرْشٌ, (Lth,) He, or it, (namely, a cat, A,) scratched him, or it, (namely, the skin, A,) with the nails, (Lth, S, A, * K,) in any part of the body, (Lth,) so as to cause bleeding or not; or wounded him in the outer skin, so as to make it bleed or not; or lacerated it (namely, the skin) little or much; or tore off its surface with a stick or the like; syn. خَدَشَهُ; (S, K;) [as also حَرَشَهُ;] and so ↓ اخترشهُ: (S, K:) and بِظُفْرِهِ ↓ اخترشهُ He scratched him, &c., with his nail. (TA.) You say also, خَرَشَهُ بِحَدِيدَةٍ وَنَحْوِهَا [He scratched it with an iron thing, and the like]. (K.) It (a fly) bit him; (A, TA;) as also حَرَشَهُ. (TA.) خَرَشَ البَعِيرَ, (S, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) He drew the camel (S, K) towards him (S) with the مِخْرَاش, i. e., the مِحْجَن: (S, K:) or he struck the camel and then drew him to wards him therewith; desiring thereby to excite him to quicken his pace: and he struck him with its extremity in the side of his neck, or [elsewhere] in his skin, so as to scrape off from him his fur. (TA.) [See also حَرَشَهُ.] خَرَشَ لِعِيَالِهِ, aor. as above, (S, K,) and so the inf. n., (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He earned for his family, or household; (S, K;) collected, and practised artifice, for them; (TA;) and sought sustenance for them; (S, K;) as also ↓ اخترش. (K.) You say also, فُلَانٌ يَخْرِشُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ الشَّىْءَ بَعْدَ الشَّىْءِ (tropical:) Such a one takes from such a one thing after thing; as also ↓ يَخْتَرِشُهُ. (A.) And مَا خَرَشَ شَيْيءًا (tropical:) He has not taken anything. (TA.) And مِنْ فُلَانٍ الشَّىْءَ ↓ فُلَانٌ يَتَخَرَّشُ (tropical:) Such a one takes and acquires from such a one the thing. (TA.) And ↓ مُخَارَشَةٌ signifies (assumed tropical:) The taking against one's will. (TA.)

, inf. n. تَخْرِيشٌ, [He scratched him, or it, with the nails, vehemently, or much; like خدّشهُ.] (TA.) خرّش الزَّرْعُ, inf. n. as above, (assumed tropical:) The seed-produce put forth the first extremity of the ear. (Ibn-' Abbád, Sgh, K.)

, inf. n. مُخَارَشَةٌ and خِرَاشٌ, [He scratched him with the nails, being scratched by him in like manner; like خادشهُ.] (TA.) [Hence,] كَلْبُ خِرَاشٍ [An irritable, or a quarrel-some, dog]; like كَلْبُ هِرَاشٍ: (S, K:) IF holds that the خ is a substitute for ه. (TA.) See also 1, last signification.

, (A, K,) and السَّنَانِيرُ, (A,) The dogs, and the cats, [scratched, or] fought and assailed, (تهارشت, K, TA,) and lacerated, or tore, one another. (TA.)

A مِحْجَن [or stick of which the end is naturally curved, or crooked]; (S, K;) [see 1;] sometimes written [مِحْرَشٌ,] with ح: (S:) a stick with a curved, or crooked, head, like the صَوْلَجَان; as also ↓ مِخْرَشٌ. (TA.)

Gain; or earning: pl. خُرُوشٌ. (TA.)

The skin, (S, K,) or slough, (A, TA,) of a serpent. (S, A, TA.) To this one likens a thin, transparent, shirt. (A, TA.) AHn applies its pl., خَرَاشِىُّ, metaphorically, to [the skins of] all [animals of the class termed] حَشَرَات. (TA.) The upper covering, (S, K, TA,) which is dry, or tough, or hard, [app. meaning the shell,] (TA,) of an egg, (S, K, TA,) after it has been broken, and what was in it, (S, TA,) of moisture, (TA,) has been extracted: (S, TA:) or the inner skin, (T, TA,) or inner covering, (A,) of an egg; (T, A, TA;) also called غِرْقِيءٌ: (TA:) pl. as above. (TA.) To this is likened (assumed tropical:) Anything in which are an inflation and a bursting and holes. (AZ, * S.) The thin skin upon the surface of milk: (K:) or the bubbles that rise upon the surface of milk: (A:) froth, or foam. (S, TA. [See an ex. in a verse cited voce قَصَرَ.]) (tropical:) Phlegm: (S, A, K:) or viscous phlegm in the chest: (TA:) and what is termed نُخَامَة, q. v. (A, TA.) You say, أَلْقَى خَرَاشِىَّ صَدْرِهِ (tropical:) He cast forth the phlegm (lit. phlegms) of his chest. (S.) [See also a tropical meaning below.] And أَلْقَى مِنْ صَدْرِهِ خَرَاشِىَّ (tropical:) He cast forth from his chest what is termed نُخَامَة (Az, A, TA) and phlegm: (A:) or thick spittle. (K.) خِرْشَاءُ العَسَلِ The was of honey, and the dead bees in it: (TA:) or the young bees, or the wings, that are upon honey. (M and L in art. جث.) طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ فِى خِرْشَاءٍ (tropical:) The sun rose in dust; (S, A;) syn. غَبَرَة. (S, A, K.) أَلْقَى فُلَانٌ خَرَاشِىَّ صَدْرِهِ (tropical:) Such a one cast forth what he concealed of rancours and enmities, and of grief. (A, TA.)

What falls from a thing when it is scratched with an iron instrument or the like. (K.)