خُرْسَةٌ

Food for a woman who has given birth to a child; (S, A, K;) what is made for her, such as فَرِيقَة and the like; as also [خُرْصَةٌ,] with ص. (TA.) خُرْسَةُ مَرْيَمَ [The child-birth-food of Maryam], applied to dates, and occurring in a tradition, alludes to verse 25 of chap. xix. of the Qur'an, وَهُزِّى إِلَيْكِ الخ: and Khálid Ibn-Safwán uses in the same manner the phrase ↓ تَخْرِسَةُ مَرْيَمَ; in which تخرسة is a verbal noun used as a subst.; or it may be a subst., like تَوْرِيَةٌ. (TA.)