Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

خَرَطَ الوَرَقَ, (Ṣ, Mṣb,) aor. ـُ {يَخْرُطُ} and ـِ {يَخْرِطُ}, inf. n. خَرْطٌ, (Mṣb,) He rubbed off the leaves (Ṣ, Mṣb) from the branches, (Mṣb,) by grasping the upper part, and passing the hand along it to the lower part. (Ṣ.)

خَرَطَ الشَّجَرَ, aor. as above, (Ḳ,) and so the inf. n., (TA,) He pulled off the leaves, (Ḳ, TA,) and the bark, or peel, (TA,) from the trees (Ḳ, TA) with his hand [in the manner above described]. (TA.) It is said in a prov., دُونَهُ خَرْطُ القَتَادِ [Before one can attain it he has to strip the tragacanth of its leaves by grasping each branch and drawing his hand down it: i. e. he has to perform what will be extremely difficult, if not impossible]. (Ṣ, TA. [In the Ṣ and L in art. قتد, we find مِنْ دُونِهِ.]) You say also, خَرَطَ العُنْقُودَ He pulled off the grapes, or the like, from the bunch with all his fingers: (AHeyth:) or he put the bunch in his mouth and drew forth its stalk bare; as alsoاخترطهُ↓. (Ḳ.) It is said of Moḥammad, كَانَ يَأْكُلُ العِنَبَ خَرْطًا [He used to eat grapes by putting the bunch in his mouth and drawing forth its stalk bare: or by stripping them off with all his fingers]. (TA.)

خَرَطَ العُودَ, aor. as above, (Ṣ, Ḳ,*) and so the inf. n., (Ṣ,) He removed the bark, or peel, from the wood, or stick, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and planed it, or made it even, (Ḳ,) with the مِخْرَط, which is also called بَلْط and بُلْط, (TA in art. بلَط,) or with his hand. (TA in the present art.)

[Hence, in modern Arabic, He turned the wood, or stick; i. e., shaped it, or made it round, with a lathe.]

خَرَطَ الحَدِيدَ, inf. n. as above, He made the iron long, like a column, or pole, or rod. (Ṣ.)

خَرَطَ الجَوَاهِرَ He collected the jewels in a خَرِيطَة [q. v.]. (MF.)

اخرط الخَرِيطَةَ He bound, or made fast, the خريطة [q. v.]; or closed it by inserting its loops one into another; syn. أَشْرَجَهَا. (Ṣ, Ḳ *)

انخرط [It (a piece of wood, or a stick,) had its bark, or peel, removed, and was planed, or made even, with the مِخْرَط, (as appears from what here follows,) or with the hand: see 1].

[And hence,] انخرط جِسْمُهُ ‡ His body became slender; (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA;) as though it were barked and planed (خُرِطَ) with the مِخْرَط. (TA.)

see 1.

[Hence,] اخترط سَيْفَهُ, (Ṣ,) or السَّيْفَ, (Mgh, Ḳ,) ‡ He drew his sword, or the sword, (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ,) from its scabbard. (Mgh, TA.)

خُرَاطَةٌ The parings, or shavings, that fall from the work of the خَرَّاط; like نُجَارَةٌ and نُحَاتَةٌ. (TA.)

What falls from a bunch of grapes, or the like, when the fruit is pulled off with all the fingers. (AHeyth.)

خِرَاطَةٌ The art, or craft, of the خَرَّاط. (Ḳ.)

خَرِيطَةٌ A receptacle, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) [a pouch,] or thing like a كِيس [or purse], (Lth, Mṣb,) of leather, (Lth, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) or of rag, (Lth,) or other material, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) which is bound, or made fast, or closed by the insertion of its loops one into another, (يُشْرَجُ, Lth, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) upon its contents: (Lth, Ṣ, Ḳ:) pl. خَرَائِطُ. (Mṣb.)

Also A thing likened thereto, which is made for the letters of the sultán, and of prefects, or agents, to be sent therein. (Lth, L.)

Also A similar thing [which was formerly, in the time of paganism,] put upon the head of the she-camel [that was] confined [to perish] at the tomb of a dead person. (Lth.)

[Also The pod, or oblong capsule or pericarp, of sesamum and the like: pl. as above. Used in this sense by writers on botany, and in the spoken language of the present day.]

See also بِدَادٌ.

خَرَائِطِىٌّ [A maker, or seller, of خَرَائِط, pl. of خَرِيطَةٌ]; a rel. n. formed from a pl., like أَنْمَا طِىٌّ. (TA.)

خَرَّاطٌ One whose occupation is to remove the bark, or peel, of wood, or sticks, and to plane it, or make it even, (Ḳ,) with the مِخْرَط, which is also called بَلْط and بُلْط, (TA in art. بلط,) or with the hand. (TA in the present art.)

[Hence, in modern Arabic, A turner of wood, &c.]

مِخْرَطٌ The iron instrument with which the خَرَّاط performs his work; also called بَلْطٌ and بُلْطٌ. (TA in art. بلط, q. v.)

مَخْرُوطٌ [pass. part. n. of 1].

† A man (TA) having a scanty beard: (Ḳ, TA:) [or you say,] رَجُلٌ مَخْرُوطُ اللِّحْيَةِ A man having a beard in which is length without breadth. (Ṣ.) And لِحْيَةٌ مَخْرُوطَةٌ † A beard that is scanty in its side, (Ḳ,) or, correctly, in its two sides, (TA,) and lank and long in the part on and beneath the chin. (Ḳ.)

† A face in which is length (Ḳ, TA) without breadth. (TA.) You say, رَجُلٌ مَخْرُوطُ الوَجْهِ † A man whose face has length without breadth. (Ṣ.)

بِئْرٌ مَخْرُوطَةٌ ‡ A narrow well. (A, TA.)

[مَخْرُوطٌ andمَخْرُوطَةٌ↓, in mathematics, signify A cone.]

[مَخْرُوطِىٌّ, in mathematics, Conical.]