خِرْشَاءٌ

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 plural, 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, [apparently 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:) plural 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 example 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 article جث.)

طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ فِى خِرْشَاءٍ (tropical:) The sun rose in dust; (S, A;) synonym 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.)